The State vs. the Dead Body of Hester Johnson Shaw

Date: 
July 19, 1947

Deceased

Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD Method/Implement: 
automobile
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that Mrs. Hester Johnson Shaw received in Chesterfield County a mortal wound by Pontiac Automobile in the hands of Sgt. James Holly

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
McBee, S.C.

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Sgt. James Holly
Inquest Images: 
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