The State vs. the Dead Body of Chaney

a certain negro boy the property of the Sd Mrs Bates was handling a shot gun being loaded without his knowledge which went off by accident and blew the contents into the forehead of the said Chaney

Date:

June 15, 1841

Deceased

Chaney

Description:

female slave

Sex:

Female

Race:

Black

Slave Status:

Enslaved

Owner:

Catherine Bates

COD Category:

Accident

COD:

Firearm

COD Inquest Finding:

upon their oaths do say. . .a certain negro boy the property of the Sd Mrs Bates was handling a shot gun being loaded without his knowledge which went off by accident and blew the contents into the forehead of the said Chaney