The State vs. the Dead Body of John Williams

Date: 
August 21, 1898

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD Method/Implement: 
stick
COD Inquest Finding: 

on their Oaths do say, that the aforesaid John Williams came to his death by a blow with a stick in the hand of Ed Brooks

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at S H Nicholson

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Ed Brooks
Inquest Images: 
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