The State vs. the Dead Body of J. B. Deas

Date: 
February 6, 1936

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that J. B. Deas received in Chesterfield County a mortal wound by Single Barrell Shot gun in the hands of Durant Easterling & Sinclair Sellers

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Cheraw

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Durant Easterling and Sinclair Sellers
Inquest Images: 
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