The State vs. the Dead Body of R. J. Lester

Date: 
March 19, 1851

Deceased

R. J. Lester
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Method/Implement: 
pistol
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that he came to his death from a ball shot from a pistol in the hands of Samuel I. Love and that Samuel Wilson Love was accessory to the act

Coroner

Coroner: 
A. M. Kennedy
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Camden
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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