The State vs. the Dead Body of William Malone

Date: 
June 6, 1844

Deceased

William Malone
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Sharp Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
pocket knife
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Wm Malone came to his death by cutting his own throat with a pocket knife in a state of mortal derangement near his own house

Coroner

Coroner: 
Isaac Gregory
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the residence of Wm. Malone
County: 
Union County, SC

Source

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