The State vs. the Dead Body of W. Brooker Toney

Date: 
August 12, 1878

Deceased

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

upon their oaths do say that W.B. Toney came to his death by Pistol Shots from the Hands of James Booth Benjamin Booth & Marion Booth

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at E. C. House

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
members of Booth family
Inquest Images: 
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