The State vs. the Dead Body of Jno. C Swearingin

Date: 
April 24, 1895

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

the said Jno C Swearingin came to his death by a gun shot wound in the hands of B. L. Jones

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Edgefield CH

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Ben Jones
Inquest Images: 
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