The State vs. the Dead Body of Sandy McNair

Date: 
December 14, 1878

Deceased

Sandy McNair
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Exposure
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do Say- That the said Sandy McNair came to his death by exposure to cold, producing congestion of the lungs and the internal organs; and that deceased died on the night of the 12th inst.

Coroner

Coroner: 
H. D. Tiller
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Peter Ingrahams
County: 
Chesterfield County, SC

Source

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

Annie McNair sworn Witness recognizes this to be the body if Sandy McNair. The deceased witness says to have been intoxic. No violent means used against the deceased. He was in the habit of being absent for some length of time when he left the house.

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