The State vs. the Dead Body of Elias Earl

Date: 
January 22, 1867

Deceased

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

uppon theire oaths do say. That he came to his death by being shot on Sunday night last by some person or persons unknown to us, further than the statement of deceased that he was shot by Brown, against the peace & dignity of the state afforesaid

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Boyds Mills
County: 

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Brown
Inquest Images: 
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