The State vs. the Dead Body of Joseph Hughes

with a club stick or board hit the said Joseph Hughes over the head inflicting three severe wounds in the forehead and bruising the head nearly all over

Date:

July 25, 1853

Deceased

Joseph Hughes

Sex:

Male

Race:

White

COD Category:

Homicide

COD:

Blunt Instrument

COD Method/Implement:

stick or board

COD Inquest Finding:

upon their oaths do say that James A. Price did . . .at his own house in the said District with a club, stick or board hit the said Joseph Hughes over the head inflicting three severe wounds in the forehead and bruising the head nearly all over