The State vs. the Dead Body of Mary Robertson

Date (Partial/Ambiguous): 
1886--

Deceased

Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that deceased came to her death from internal hemorrhage, caused by having a premature birth produced by some cause unknown to the jury

Coroner

Coroner: 

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the Gailiard grave yard

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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