The State vs. the Dead Body of Johnson

Date: 
June 18, 1875

Deceased

Description: 
Johnsons infant
Sex: 
Unknown
Race: 
White
Child: 
infant
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths, do say: That it was the child of Henretta Johnson that rivers found dead in the woods near the Robert Tucker House and that from appearance that it was the propper time for it to be deliverd and if the child was not murderd She intendedto murder it and it was don on or about the 11 of June 1875[.]

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Roberts Tuckers

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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