The State vs. the Dead Body of Bill Reese

Date: 
December 12, 1872

Deceased

Bill Reese
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Sharp Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
knife
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that Bill Reese came to his death from a wound inflicted by a knife held in the hands of Sam Minse[?]

Coroner

Coroner: 
John C. Whitfield
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Pendleton
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Sam Minse[?]
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