The State vs. the Dead Body of Haywood Barksdale

Date: 
May 11, 1893

Deceased

Haywood Barksdale
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that he came to his death in Laurens Counrt on the 10th day of May 1893 from strangulation by being hung by the neck, by parties unknown to the jury.

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. P. Sloan
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
near A.H. Martin's
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
parties unknown to the jury
Inquest Images: 
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Transcription: 

Dr. Dial after being swon says he has examined the dead body of Haywood Barksdale and finds that he came to his death from strangulation by being hung by the neck.

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