The State vs. the Dead Body of Sylvester Robins

Date: 
September 20, 1883

Deceased

Sylvester Robins
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Age Descriptor: 
infant
Parent(s): 
Josephine Robins
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Suffocation
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that said Sylvester Robbins came to his death ... from the effect of falling behind the bed and being caught by the chin and head between the railing of the bed and the wall of the house

Coroner

Coroner: 
S. B. Ezell
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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