The State vs. the Dead Body of T. N. Owens

Date: 
April 1, 1887

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
COD Method/Implement: 
pistol
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say taht the said T. W. Owens ... voluntarily and feloniously himself did kill by shooting himself through the head with a pistol

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
near Reidville

Source

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