The State vs. the Dead Body of Mattie Woods

Date (Partial/Ambiguous): 
1897--

Deceased

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

upon their oath do say That from the evidence of Dr J E Douglass we conclude the deceased came to its death by a blow on full[?] on its head, caused by the carelessness of children left to attend to it who are not legally reponsible.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Jim[?] Sawyer's

Source

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