The State vs. the Dead Body of Captain D. Harrison

Date: 
October 31, 1838

Deceased

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

say that the Sd deceased being [?] and took from his pocket a knife, with which he with his own hand did cut his own throat which was the cause of his death.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the residence of Capt. D. Harrison

Source

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