The State vs. the Dead Body of Charly Washington

he was fooling with the pistol and it went off

Date: 
November 22, 1891

Deceased

Charly Washington
Description: 
boy
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Firearm
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do Say that the Said Charley Washington Came to his death by the accidental discharge of a pistol ball from the hands of James Bobo[?]

Coroner

Coroner: 
Theophilus Dean
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of George Washington near Bauknights ferry
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
James Bobo
Inquest Images: 
L19077_0001_652.jpg
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L19077_0001_654.jpg

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