The State vs. the Dead Body of John Wyatt

Date: 
May 25, 1834

Deceased

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

do say upon thare oaths than one Ellis Fowler [?] of said District not having god before his eyes but Being moved and Seduced by the Instirgation of the devil . . .shoot the [?] and give to the said John Wyatt . . .one mortal wound of the breast

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at House of Harry Gant[?]
County: 

Source

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