The State vs. the Dead Body of Eddie Watson

I went in the room the baby was lying and took up the baby and I Shook it and it was dead

Date: 
April 25, 1892

Deceased

Description: 
Infant
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Child: 
infant
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do Say that the Said Eddie Watson came to his death from Natural Causes

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
acting coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Bob Stevens

Source

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