The State vs. the Dead Body of Unknown

Date: 
May 2, 1862

Deceased

Unknown
Sex: 
Unknown
Race: 
White
Child: 
infant
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Infanticide
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon examination of the Infant found its Skull Broken and other Marks of violence, Sufficient to cause death

Coroner

Coroner: 
Robert Hawthorn
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of Washington Hathcock
County: 
Fairfield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Sarah J. Hathcock
Inquest Images: 
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Transcription: 

One Sarah J Hathcock had been delivered, of a Child, and it was her purpose to Secrete the Same

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