The State vs. the Dead Body of Wesley Holiday

I saw blood & milk running out of its nose. My wife must have turned over on it while the breast was in its mouth.

Date:

September 14, 1883

Wesley Holiday

Sex:

Male

Race:

White

Age Descriptor:

two months old

Parent(s):

Rosa Holiday

COD Category:

Accident

COD:

COD Inquest Finding:

upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to its death by its mother turning over on it in bed, which was as we believe an accident

Coroner:

Coroner Title:

trial justice acting as coroner

Inquest Location:

at Joseph P. Nabor's

County:

South Carolina Department of Archives & History

Columbia, SC

Inquest Images:

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