The State vs. the Dead Body of William Evans

Date: 
July 4, 1894

Deceased

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

we the jury find that Wm Evans Died from the Effects of repeated blows on the head, with a hoe, in the hands of a four year old boy, John Stevens, who had been left to nurse it. And we think from his age, that he is not, intelligently responsible to the law for the said act.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
on the Foley plantation
County: 

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
John Stevens
Inquest Images: 
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