The State vs. the Dead Body of Emily Griffith

Date: 
January 12, 1896

Deceased

Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Method/Implement: 
morphine
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that Emily Griffith came to her death by an overdose of morphine Given by mistake by Bettie Griffith

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
in Young's Township
County: 

Source

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