The State vs. the Dead Body of John Adamson

Date: 
August 23, 1825

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

do find [that] John Adamson came to his death by a gun shot in the right side before the right rib which shot penetrated the body through the intestines and the shot lodged in the left side of the body . . .but who discharged the gun. . . the jurors. . . cannot report

Location

County: 

Source

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