The State vs. the Dead Body of John H. Kelley

Date: 
December 21, 1882

Deceased

John H. Kelley
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Sharp Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
knife
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that said ... came to his death from a cut or stab in the left breast with a knife in the hands of Patrick Henry

Coroner

Coroner: 
S. B. Ezell
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
on the [?] Road near the city of Spartanburg
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Patrick Henry
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