The State vs. the Dead Body of Adam

he saw sd. Lewis going hastily towards said Adam with a large stick drawn in both hands and immediately after heard a stroke and heard Adam groan and fall & went to him and the blood was running freely from his nose

Date:

December 29, 1828

Deceased

Adam

Description:

slave

Sex:

Male

Race:

Black

Slave Status:

Enslaved

Owner:

Jane Bobo

COD Category:

Homicide

COD:

Blunt Instrument

COD Method/Implement:

large stick

COD Inquest Finding:

do say upon their oaths that on Saturday night 27 of this instant at the [?] house of Maj. J. Crook ... that Lewis slave of Capt. W. H. Dickee did strike said Adam with a large stick on the left side of the forehead