The State vs. the Dead Body of James Walls

Date (Partial/Ambiguous): 
1891--

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD Method/Implement: 
baseball bat
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their Oaths do say the deceased came to his death at Ware's base ball ground, the 5th of Sept 1891 from a blow on the head with a base ball bat in the hands of Charles Young.

Coroner

Coroner: 

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the Tevin Pines'

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
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