The State vs. the Dead Body of Rob Watkins

Date: 
December 11, 1927

Deceased

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

upon their oaths, do say: That Robt. Watkins came to his death by reason of a gun-shot wound inflicted by Mark Sellers

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Chesterfield

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Mark Sellers
Inquest Images: 
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