The State vs. the Dead Body of John Inlow

Date: 
October 1, 1852

Deceased

John Inlow
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Blunt Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
stick
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that they believe John Broughton did kill him the sd. Inlow. . .with a stick about five feet long & about 2 1/4 inches in diameter

Coroner

Coroner: 
Harvey Wofford
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Hill's Factory
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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