The State vs. the Dead Body of Andrew Thompson

Date: 
December 19, 1859

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD Method/Implement: 
razor
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say, that Andrew Thompson here lying dead came to his death then and there, voluntarily and feloneausly, himself did kill, by cutting his throat with a rasor

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate acting as Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Andrew Thompson's house

Source

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