The State vs. the Dead Body of Hugh Barkley

came to his death by a wound inflicted on him with a dirk or knife by Baby Flemming on the left side above the Pubis which we suppose cut the spermatic[?] artery & caused the effusion of blood into the scrotum

Date: 
September 20, 1836

Deceased

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

do say upon their oaths that according to the evidence adduced to them the said Hugh Barkley came to his death by a wound inflicted on him with a dirk or knife by Baby Flemming on the left side above the Pubis which we suppose cut the spermatic[?] artery & caused the effusion of blood into the scrotum

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
in the house of Hugh Barkley

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Baby Flemming
Inquest Images: 
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