The State vs. the Dead Body of Joe

Date: 
August 26, 1860

Deceased

Joe
Description: 
infant negro
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Child: 
infant
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
John Huiet
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Suffocation
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oaths do say that the child was over laid by his Farther dick

Coroner

Coroner: 
James Murrell
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at John Huiets
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
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Transcription: 

the froth standing in a large quantity on the Childs face and running down the side of the face ... the froth issuing from his nostrils by pressing on his abdomen and also by running my finger down his throat

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