The State vs. the Dead Body of Benjamin Frank

Date: 
April 13, 1943

Deceased

Benjamin Frank
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD: 
Firearm
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that Benjamin Frank Laney received in Chesterfield County a mortal wound by 32 pistol in the hands of Gus Gruggs

Coroner

Coroner: 
W. E. Redfearn
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Pageland
County: 
Chesterfield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Gus Gruggs
Inquest Images: 
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Transcription: 

Dr. D. C. Guggs . . . the cause of death was Bullet wound of . . . chest -- internal hemorrhage. . . powered burns of shirt at part of entry of bullet.

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