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1 State of South Carolina, Laurens County an inquisition indented, Taken at New Harmony Church, place James Stoddard In Laurens County, the 24 day of July, _____, A.D. 1917 before R.T. Owings, Coroner of said county, upon view of the dead body of D.D. Stoddard, of Owings R.F.D. #1 then and there being dead by the oath of Dr. H. L. Shaw, and D.C. Bennett and others. J.L Gray, G.W. Owings, P.S. Thomason J.T. Owings, R.W. Jennings and G.M. Brooks
Being a lawful jury of inquest, Who, being charged and sworn to inquire, for the State of South Carolina, where and by what means the said D.D. Stoddard came to his death, upon their oaths do say That D.D. Stoddard came to his death by gun shot wounds at the hands of W.R. Burdette and so the jurors aforesaid, upon their aforesaid, do say that the aforesaid D.D. Stoddard came to his death. In manner and from aforesaid that the said W.R. Burdette then and there feloniously did kill, against the peace and dignity of the state aforesaid. In witness where of & R.R. Owings coroner aforesaid and the jury aforesaid to this inquestion have interchangeably put our hands and seal the day and year above mentioned. R.R. Owens Coroner (L.S.) J. L. Gray Foreman (L.S.) G.W. Owings (L.S.) P.S. Thomason (L.S.) J.T. Owings (L.S.) R.W. Jennings (L.S.) G.M. Brooks (L.S.)