The State vs. the Dead Body of William Lundy

Date: 
August 28, 1846

Deceased

William Lundy
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Firearm
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that decd came to his death by the accidental discharge of a shot gun that was in his hands the load entering his left temple and passing out of the top of his head carrying part of the brain & skull off

Coroner

Coroner: 
A. B. Addison
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at house of John Rainsford
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

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

the first barrel that went off struck decd in the left temple & the contents passed out at the top of his head taking part of the brains & skull off, decd breathed about 20 or 25 minutes after the gun went off

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