The State vs. the Dead Body of infant

Date: 
March 16, 1870

Deceased

infant
Notes: 
infant
Race: 
White
Child: 
infant
Parent(s): 
E. Lancaster
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Infanticide
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oath do say that the said child came to its death by some means to the jurors unknown against the peace and dignity of the same state aforesaid

Coroner

Coroner: 
Daniel Willis
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Isaac Young's on Pacolet River
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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