The State vs. the Dead Body of Houston Taylor

Date: 
October 6, 1915

Deceased

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

upon their oaths, do say: That the aforesaid Houston Taylor came to his death as the result of pistol shot rounds at the hands of Dr. R. L. McManus, a justifiable homicide

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at G. F. Erasmo

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
R. L. McManus
Inquest Images: 
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