The State vs. the Dead Body of James B. Brawly, Thomas Linder

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Date: 
November 2, 1842

Deceased

James B. Brawly
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Sharp Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
pocket knife
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the sd. J.B. Brawly came to his death by a stab wound from a common packet kinfe inflicted on his left side opposite his navel and about 4 inches from the same by the hand of John Davis

Thomas Linder
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Sharp Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
pocket knife
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there [sic] oaths do say that the said T.Linder came to his death by a stab from a common pocket knife inflicted on his left breast about two inches from his left nipple by the hand of John Davis

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. W. Martin
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Spartanburgh Court House
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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