The State vs. the Dead Body of John Pope | CSI: Dixie

The State vs. the Dead Body of John Pope

Date:

August 29, 1828

Deceased

John Pope

Sex:

Male

Race:

White

COD Category:

Accident

COD:

COD Inquest Finding:

do say upon there oathes (after hearing all the testimony and Examining the body of the afore Said John Pope) all are of opinion that the afore said John Pope were intoxicated by spirituous liquors and received a fall from his horse which occasioned his death...

Coroner

Coroner:

Coroner Title:

Justice of the Quorum

Location

Inquest Location:

at the house of James Watson

County:

Laurens County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History

Columbia, SC

Inquest Images:

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