The State vs. the Dead Body of A. G. McDonald

Date: 
March 11, 1927

Deceased

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

upon their oaths, do say: we the jury find that the deceased A.G. McDonald came to his death by being struck on the head by an ax in the hands of Will Alias Man Dawkins and we recommend that Katie Howard be heald as an accessory before and after the fact

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Cheraw

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Marion Dawkins
Inquest Images: 
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