The State vs. the Dead Body of Joe Coleman

Date (Partial/Ambiguous): 
1894--

Deceased

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

upon their oaths do say: that the Said Joe Coleman came to his death by gun shot wounds, by the hands of person or persons unknown to the Jury, but suspicion and evidence points to William Woodward principal and we further think that he had accessories[.]

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Trial Justice

Location

Inquest Location: 
near Willing

Source

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