The State vs. the Dead Body of Infant

the sutures[?] of the head were seperated which indicated unwarranted carelessness or violence

Date: 
December 18, 1894

Deceased

Infant
Description: 
Infant
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Child: 
infant
Parent(s): 
Ledoska R Rines
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say, that the said Infant came to his death by carelessness and mismanagement by some one unknown

Coroner

Coroner: 
F. E. Rinehart
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the Rinheart Grave yard
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
L19077_0001_827.jpg
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