The State vs. the Dead Body of Preston Sellers

Date: 
October 26, 1912

Deceased

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

upon their oaths, do say: that Preston Sellers came to his death by a lick on the Head with a pick handle in the hands of Fred Buckhannon

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Cheraw, S. C.

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Fred Buchannan
Inquest Images: 
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