The State vs. the Dead Body of Willie Chappell

Date: 
June 18, 1882

Deceased

Willie Chappell
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Suffocation
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Willie Chappell came to his death at Badgetts quarter place in Laurens County on Sunday the 20th day of June AD 1882 That Lucinda Bradford the said Willie Chappell by misfortune and contrary to her will in manner and form aforesaid did kill...

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. J. Boozer
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Badgetts quarter
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

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

Ella Chappell being duly sworn Deceased was seven months old had always been a healthy baby. AR Simpson says he is a practicing physician and finds the cause of his death to be Strangulation and asphyxia - caused by diet

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