The State vs. the Dead Body of James Ramsey

Date: 
December 12, 1869

Deceased

James Ramsey
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Method/Implement: 
pistol
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said deceased came to his death by the discharge of a pistol in the hands of Wm Murrell Jr loaded with leaden bullets which bullets entered the left side

Coroner

Coroner: 
P. A. Eichelbuger
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the residence of Andrew Ramsay Sr
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
William Murrell Jr
Inquest Images: 
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