The State vs. the Dead Body of Hart Byrd

Date: 
September 11, 1933

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
COD Category: 
Accident
COD Method/Implement: 
automobile
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths, do say: that Hart Byrd came to his death due to careless & reckless driving at the hands of Luther Reynolds

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Cheraw

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Luther Reynolds
Inquest Images: 
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