The State vs. the Dead Body of Tully Black

Tully first got the axe and drawed it on him and then he got the gun.

Date: 
August 2, 1879

Deceased

Description: 
child
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Age Descriptor: 
seven
Child: 
child
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Method/Implement: 
pistol
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that . . .said Tully Black lost his life by a pistol shot accidentally discharged by one King David Hill

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Greenville

Source

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