The State vs. the Dead Body of Dora Woods

Date: 
May 3, 1885

Deceased

Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
Child: 
infant
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say: "By accident or mishap by a fall from the banister or shelf of the piazza while playing there."

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Trial Justice

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Cheraw

Source

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