The State vs. the Dead Body of Haman Miller

Date: 
October 30, 1824

Deceased

Haman Miller
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Blunt Instrument
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Haman Miller came to his Death by Violence committed on his sides by a number of Blows with the fist of John Prince and a fall... as a consequence of of Said Blows, and that the said John Prince did then and there feloniously Kill and Murder, against the peace and Dignity of this State.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Elijah Watson
Coroner Title: 
Justice of the Peace

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Blacks Store
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
John Prince
Inquest Images: 
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