The State vs. the Dead Body of L. F. Pinson

Date: 
December 17, 1890

Deceased

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

upon their oaths do say, That the said L.F. Pinson came to his death by a blow inflicted on the head with a rock at the hands of Coleman Nelson

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Trial Justice

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the Residence of Jabe Pinson
County: 

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Coleman Nelson
Inquest Images: 
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