The State vs. the Dead Body of George Pye

Date: 
December 13, 1857

Deceased

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

upon their oaths do say that they think he came to his death by wounds inflicted on his person; from the evidence we believe that Gilbert Fleming did feloniously kill the said George Pye against the peace and dignity of the state

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Source

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