The State vs. the Dead Body of Miles Pryor

Date: 
July 6, 1878

Deceased

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

upon their oaths do say he caused his death by accident, the accidental discharging of a gun, emptying its contents in the head

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Hobby's Mill

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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