The State vs. the Dead Body of George Fowler

Date: 
November 4, 1885

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say. That the said George Fowler came to his death on Mrs S E Dunlops place in Laurens County at about 7 oclock PM the 6th day of November AD 1885 by a pistol shot in the hands of Ira Hughes.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Mrs S E Dunlop plantation
County: 

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Ira Hughes
Inquest Images: 
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