The State vs. the Dead Body of Leonard Dixon

Date: 
October 27, 1934

Deceased

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

upon their oaths do say that Leonard Dixon received in Chesterfield County a mortal wound by Shot gun in the hands of Frank DeBerry on the 26 day of October 1934, and that form such mortal wound deceased died in South Carolina on October 26-1934.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Chesterfield

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Frank DeBerry
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