The State vs. the Dead Body of William Smith

the child was there alive and sucked but had been sick & throughing up through the day

Date: 
January 20, 1869

Deceased

Description: 
infant
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Child: 
infant
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by some means or disease to the jurors unknown

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Stephen C. Smith residence

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
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