The State vs. the Dead Body of Baby Boatwright

Date: 
February 26, 1937

Deceased

Sex: 
Unknown
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that Baby Boatwright received in Chesterfield County a mortal wound by a stick in the hands of Gertrude Boatwright

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Jefferson

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Gertrude Boatwright
Inquest Images: 
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