The State vs. the Dead Body of Spencer Mays

Date: 
November 8, 1866

Deceased

Description: 
freedman
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Free
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Method/Implement: 
pistol
COD Inquest Finding: 

the said Spencer Mays freedman came to his death do say that the said Spencer came to his death by a Pistol shot in the hands of Charles Warren freedman the ball entering just above the left knee

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at John Buslys

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Charles Warren
Inquest Images: 
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