@connecticut:place {country: @united_states}

@new_haven_county:place {state: @connecticut, country: @united_states}

@guilford:place {state: @connecticut, country: @united_states}

@new_haven_county_superior_court:organization {type: "Court", jurisdiction: @new_haven_county, state: @connecticut}

@connecticut_state_library:organization {type: "Library", location: @new_haven_county, state: @connecticut}

@indigenous_people:concept {description: "Indigenous peoples of North America"}

@joseph_simon:person {ethnicity: @indigenous_people, death_date: @date_1801_04_01, death_cause: "exposure to inclement weather while intoxicated"}

@joseph_simon_inquest_collection:collection {title: "Joseph Simon Inquest Collection", created: @date_1801_04_01, creator: @new_haven_county_superior_court, institution: @connecticut_state_library, subjects: ["Inquest","Death investigation","Indigenous people","Alcohol intoxication","Guilford","New Haven County"], description: "Inquest records and findings regarding the death of Joseph Simon, an Indigenous man, found dead on farm lands in Guilford, Connecticut, on April 1, 1801. The inquest jury determined that his death was due to exposure to inclement weather while intoxicated."}

@jehiel_meigs:person {role: "Juror"}
@jared_willard:person {role: "Juror"}
@samuel_riley:person {role: "Juror"}
@john_lewis:person {role: "Juror"}
@noah_bradley:person {role: "Juror"}
@joseph_willson:person {role: "Juror"}
@john_hill:person {role: "Juror"}
@samuel_gale:person {role: "Juror"}
@timothy_willcox:person {role: "Juror"}
@stephen_willard:person {role: "Juror"}
@joseph_charfield:person {role: "Juror"}
@john_willcox:person {role: "Juror"}
@jo_joniah_meigs:person {title: "Esquire", role: "Clerk"}

@inquest_1801_04_01:event {type: "Inquest", subject: @joseph_simon, location: @guilford, date: @date_1801_04_01, jury: [@jehiel_meigs, @jared_willard, @samuel_riley, @john_lewis, @noah_bradley, @joseph_willson, @john_hill, @samuel_gale, @timothy_willcox, @stephen_willard, @joseph_charfield, @john_willcox], clerk: @jo_joniah_meigs}

@file_pinax -> documents -> @joseph_simon_inquest_collection

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_inquests_simon_001_jpg:asset {format: "jpg", type: "Image", related_event: @inquest_1801_04_01} {ocr_text: "N Haven & Guilford 1 April 1801\n\nWe, Jehiel Meigs Jared Willard Sam'l Riley John Lewis Noah Bradley Joseph Willson John Hill Samuel Gale Timothy Willcox Stephen Willard Joseph Charfield John Willcox being summoned and sworn in due form of law as a jury of Inquest to make enquiry how and in what manner Joseph Simon an Indian man found dead on one of the farm lands in Guilford supposed to be by his death on this first day of April instant—After learning the body of the D Joseph Simon and finding no marks of violence on the body of the D Joseph from the circumstances attending the same we are of the opinion that on Saturday the 20th March last past by drinking of strong drink became intoxicated thereby by means whereof he was exposed to the inclemency of the weather on the evening preceding and in a cold storm of rain on the day following by which means he became chilled to that degree as was the occasion of his death signed propr.\n\nJo Joniah Meigs Esq'r\n\nJehiel Meigs Comman"}

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@nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject:concept {description: "Subject-index field for New Haven County Superior Court Files – Black, African American, and Indigenous cases and papers"}