The State vs. the Dead Body of W. H. Davis

Date: 
November 1, 1940

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that W. H. Davis received in Chesterfield County a mortal wound by gun shot in the hands of self-inflicted accidentally

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Chesterfield

Source

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