The State vs. the Dead Body of Jake

Date: 
July 24, 1852

Deceased

Jake
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
A. Haile
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Blunt Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
brick
COD Inquest Finding: 

that the slave Jake came to his death from a blow or blows inflicted on his head by a brick in the hands of Ceily the nurse, a slave property of Charles Haile

Coroner

Coroner: 
A. M. Kennedy
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the plantation of Mrs. Amelia Haile near the bridge crossing the Wateree River
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Ceily
Perpetrator Description: 
slave
Perpetrator Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Inquest Images: 
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