STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF PICKENS, IN THE GENERAL SESSIONS. THE STATE AGAINST BILL WILLIAMS, ALIAS WILLIAM C. WILLIAMS, AND HARRISON HEYWARD, SENTENCED TO DEATH

by Hanging, March 7, 1889

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Single sheet, 35 cm., manuscript document presumably in a clerical hand, on lined paper, approx. 145 words, signed by the presiding Judge J.J. Norton. The accused were charged with murder and sentenced to be hanged on Friday, April 5 1889 , between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon.... Old fold lines, some shallow chipping at edges, some soiling and spotting, and ink strikes through two words. Docketed on verso, The State vs. Wm. C. Williams, Harrison Heyward, Cato

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