The State vs. the Dead Body of Charles Streater

Date: 
September 13, 1943

Deceased

Charles Streater
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Sharp Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
knife
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that Charles Streater received in Chesterfield County a mortal wound by Knife in the hands of Cary Johnson

Coroner

Coroner: 
W. E. Redfearn
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Chesterfield
County: 
Chesterfield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Cary Johnson
Inquest Images: 
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Transcription: 

Arrest Warrant . . . One Cary Johnson did commit the offense of Manslaughter by cutting to death one Charles Streater with a knife . . .

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