The State vs. the Dead Body of Unknown

Date (Partial/Ambiguous): 
1881--

Deceased

Unknown
Sex: 
Unknown
Race: 
White
Child: 
child
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Exposure
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths that the said Child came to its death by premeditated[?] and criminal negligence and exposure on the part of the parents or others unknown to the Jury

Coroner

Coroner: 
B. E. Elkin

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Pollete [?] Harrison
County: 
Fairfield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Unknown
Inquest Images: 
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Transcription: 

Poslete Harrison sworn say that on yesterday morning, he found suspended to a rafter of this cotton House a Basket containing an infant, he gave notice to others on the place, and tried to take care of it, that it died last night - I reside in Farfield county and all this occured at the same place.

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