The State vs. the Dead Body of Mary Sullivan

Date: 
February 9, 1875

Deceased

Mary Sullivan
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Unknown

Coroner

Coroner: 
E. Thompson
Coroner Title: 
Trial Justice

Location

County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
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Transcription: 

S.S. Knight sworn says that upon examination of the dead body of Mary Sullivan he finds that she came to her death from the effects of full and great neglect thinks if she had been attended to properly she would have lived.

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