The State vs. the Dead Body of James L. Cathcart

Date: 
February 18, 1889

Deceased

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

upon there oaths do say that James L. Cathcart came to his death by accident of a gun shot in his own hands

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Wm. Cathcart's

Source

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