The State vs. the Dead Body of Justin Turner

Date: 
April 9, 1868

Deceased

Justin Turner
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Exposure
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Jusin Turner. . .came to his death by mischance being exposed during a cold night without doors and from evidence quite intoxicated

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. M. Elford
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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