The State vs. the Dead Body of Robert Harris

Date: 
September 13, 1870

Deceased

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

upon their oaths do say that the aforesaid Robert Harris came to his death on this 5th Sept. 1870 at the house of Washington Ferguson, in County and State aforesaid, by a pistol shot from a pistol held in the hands of Jeff Fuller.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Trial Justice

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Laurensville, Washington Ferguson's house
County: 

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Jefferson Fuller
Inquest Images: 
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