The State vs. the Dead Body of Willie Hampton

Date: 
February 17, 1944

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD Method/Implement: 
knife
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that Willie Hampton received in Chesterfield County a mortal wound by Knife wound in the hands of Willie Mae Hampton

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Cheraw, S.C.

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Willie Mae Hampton
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