The State vs. the Dead Body of Jack

Date: 
December 30, 1851

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD Method/Implement: 
stomped
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their Oaths do say, that when and where they Know not, nor by what instrument the deceast was Kild, But that the said Jack was feloniously by Beeting, that the said Jack was Killed and murdered by some person or persons by some means to the Jurors unknown

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Big Bay
County: 

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
John F. Sarvis Jr.
Perpetrator Slave Status: 
Free
Inquest Images: 
L26086p004.jpg

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