The State vs. the Dead Body of Billie Laney

Date: 
December 15, 1940

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that Billie Laney received in Chesterfield County a mortal wound by Pistol Shot in the hands of Insufficient Evidence

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Pageland

Source

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