The State vs. the Dead Body of George Low

Date: 
June 6, 1869

Deceased

George Low
Description: 
col
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Poison
COD Method/Implement: 
stems of yellow jasmine
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say That they find that the said George Low came to his death through drinking a tea made of the stems of the yellow Jessamine having mistaken the same for the cross Vine of which he intended to make tea

Coroner

Coroner: 
M. C. M. Hammond
Coroner Title: 
magistrate and acting coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Sand Bar Ferry
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
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L19077_0001_464.jpg

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