The State vs. the Dead Body of male baby

Date: 
May 24, 1891

Deceased

Description: 
male baby
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Child: 
infant
Parent(s): 
Sallie Burnett
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that. . .he was feloniously murdered and thrown in the Salud River at the hands of his own Mother or at the hands of Some one known to her

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the Saluda River

Source

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