The State vs. the Dead Body of James M. Rhodes

Date: 
August 27, 1862

Deceased

James M. Rhodes
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Blunt Instrument
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that. . .J. William M. Brown ... then and there [did] inflict three severe blows upon the head of deceased fracturing his skull in two places

Coroner

Coroner: 
John H. Walker
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the residence of James M. Rhodes
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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