The State vs. the Dead Body of Willie G. Harris

Date: 
March 25, 1897

Deceased

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

We the Jury find that Willie G Harris came to his death by a Gun shot wound in the hands of [?] Wm Thurmond

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Edgefield CH

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
William Thurmond
Inquest Images: 
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