The State vs. the Dead Body of Leonard Clark

Date: 
July 3, 1946

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that Leonard Clark received in Chesterfield County a mortal wound by 38 Pistol in the hands of Bill Sowell

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Jefferson, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Bill Sowell
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