The State vs. the Dead Body of Bill King

heard Bill King say I will cut your heart out

Date: 
August 9, 1881

Deceased

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

upon there oaths do say that the said Bill King Came to death from the affects of a wound on the head the wound being inflicted with a Hoe on the hand of Tom Doorn[?]

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at H C Kings Residence

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Tom Dorn
Inquest Images: 
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