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INSPECTOR of anatomy, 246

of mines, notice to, in some cases, 21

INTENTION, killing without, 81

INTERPRETER, evidence by means of, 222, 243

INTOXICATION, no excuse for crime, 60

insanity from, may excuse, 60

IRON, symptoms of, 134

IRRITANT poisons, 120, 136

J.

JAMESTOWN weed, symptoms of, 150

antidote, 159

JEOFAILS, statute of, criminal prosecutions not within, 294
JOHNSTONE, et al. v. Park, et al., 36, 39

JUDICIAL powers of coroners, 10

notice, not taken of number of coroners, 35

JUNIOR county, coroners for, 6

JURISDICTION of coroners, 43, 44, 45

JURORS, should be able to write their names, 284
fees of, 313, 314

the constables can be, 193, 212, note, 247, note
how to be kept by officer in charge of, 215
coroners are exempt from serving as, 48
fining for non-attendance, 217

how summoned, 209

upon fire inquests, 26, 210

persons exempt from serving as, 210

number of, on inquests, 214, 219, 277

evidence of, 192, 216, 247

must not return verdict from their own knowledge, 247

JURY, party, on inquests upon prisoners, 210

upon inquests upon executed criminals, 210

special, must be summoned by appointee of court, 36

discharge of, when they cannot agree, 214, 215

JUSTICES of the peace, coroners cannot be in some cases, 3, 43, 51

may act in absence of coroner in some cases,

22, 43, 44

fees of, upon inquests, 47

JUSTIFIABLE homicide, 110

K.

KERR v. The British American Assurance Co., 10, 27

L.

LABELLED, how vessels, etc., containing viscera to be, 264
LAKES, great, of Canada within Admiralty jurisdiction, 45
LAUDANUM, symptoms of, 138

antidote, 156

LAW, the, must be taken by jurors from coroners, 216
LAWFUL sports, deaths from, 107

LEAD, salts of, symptoms of, 130

antidote, 154

LEADING questions, when they can be asked, 201
LIABILITY of coroners, 50-56

LIGHTNING, effects of, 238

LIQUORS, spirituous, deaths from, 86, 99

LIVE birth, 91

LIVIDITIES, post mortem, 164

LOCOMOTION after severe wounds, 168

LUNATIC asylum, person dying in Provincial, 246
LUNATICS, when inquests to be held upon, 15

their responsibility for crimes, 58

their capacity as witnesses, 189

burial of, 246

M.

MACHINERY, accidents from, 88

MADMEN (see Lunatics), 15, 58, 189, 246
MAGISTRATES (see Justices), 3, 22, 43, 44, 47, 51
MALA praxis of physician, 76, 85

of coroners, 50

MALICE, express and presumed, 77

MANDAMUS, writ of, 47

MANSLAUGHTER, no accessory to, 66

definition of, 105

practical remarks upon, 105
depositions in case of, 269

MARKS on the body and clothing, 248

private, should be placed on articles and stains, 254

MARRIED women, their subjection to husbands, 61

MASTERS, subjection of servants to, 61

MAYHEM, appeal of, 42

MEANS of death not material in murder, 75

MEDICAL, practitioners and surgeons, how liable, 76, 85, 196, 250, 252

who qualified as, 249, note 2

testimony of, 249

practical remarks on, 265

MEDICAL-Continued.

calling a second medical witness, 250, 251

fees of, 310, 311, 312

should not refuse to act, 253

request of jury for second, 251, 372
summons for, 365

MELIUS inquirendum, writ of, 19, 294
MENONISTS, affirmation of, 221

MILEAGE, proof of, 288, 304n, 310n

MINE accidents, inquests on persons killed in, 4, 20
MINISTERIAL powers of coroners, 10, 40
MINOR, how bound over to give evidence, etc., 293
MIRBANE, essence of, symptoms of, 134

antidote, 156

MISADVENTURE, homicide by, 107, 108

MIS CONDUCT, of coroners, 50

of jury, a reason for quashing inquisition, 300
of physician or surgeon, 76, 85

MISFORTUNE may excuse crime, 62

MISNOMER, of deceased, 276

of party accused, 279

MISTAKE of fact, may excuse crime, 62

MISTLETOE, accident to yacht, 295

MIXTURE to aid recognition of bloated features, 254

MODE of appointing coroners, 5

MONKSHOOD, symptoms of, 148

antidote, 158

MONSTROSITIES, destruction of, illegal, 97

MOONLIGHT, recognition by, 173

MORAVIANS, affirmation of, 221

MORPHINE, symptoms of, 139

antidote, 157

MUNICIPAL offices, coroners exempt from serving in, 48
MURDER, definition of, 70

practical remarks on, 72

of self, 67

means of death not material in, 75

death must happen within a year and a day, 68

in, there must be malice, 77

upon provocation, 78

in mutual combat, 79

in duelling, 80

by correction, 80

depositions in cases of, 268

MUSHROOMS, symptoms of, 137

MUSQUASH root, symptoms of, 147

N.

NEVI materni, or mother's marks, 103

NATURALIS dementia, remarks on, 59

NAVEL-STRING (see umbilical cord), 97, 99, 100, 101, 102

NAVIGATION, accidents from careless, 85

NECESSARIES, deaths from want of, 86

NEGLIGENCE, deaths from, 81, 84, 86
NEUROTIC poisons, remarks on, 121, 137
NEW inquiry, of taking a, 294
NIGHTSHADE, symptoms of, 150
antidote, 158

NITRIC acid, symptoms of, 123
antidote, 152

NITROBENZOLE, symptoms of, 134
antidote, 156

NON compos mentis, remarks on, 58

NOTES, taking of, at post mortem, 260

avoid theorizing in, 261

NUMBER of coroners for a county, 6, 8

NUMBERS, express them by words, not by figures,
NUX vomica, symptoms of, 145

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OFFICERS, resistance to, 89

OIL of vitriol, symptoms of, 122

antidote, 151

OMISSION, of duty, deaths from, 81, 86
OMNIBUS, deaths from racing with, 84

OPENING the inquest, 228

OPINION, matters of, as evidence, 195
OPIUM, symptoms of, 138

antidote, 156

ORDER, for payment of medical witness, 387
ORIFICE of entrance and of exit, 174, 175

ORIGIN, of office of coroner, 1

of fires, duty of coroners regarding, 24

OUTLAWRY, judgment of, 42

OUTLAWS, may not be killed, 75

OVERLAYING infants, deaths from, 95
OXALIC acid, symptoms of, 124

antidote, 152

P.

PACKING the viscera, etc., for analysis, 263, 264
PARCHMENT, inquisition need not be on, 273
PARENTS, subjection of children to, 61

PARKER v. Elliott, 45

PARTY to offences, 63
jury, 210

charged, 279

PENCIL, depositions, etc., should not be in, 285

PENITENTIARY, inquests upon convicts dying in the, 12, 15
PHOSPHORUS, symptoms of, 125

antidote, 152

PHYSICIANS and surgeons, deaths from their treatment, 76, 85
PLACE where body is found, 233

allegation of, 280

PLEADING to inquisitions, 301

POISONING, deaths from, 88

post mortem in cases of, 259

POISONS, general remarks upon, 114

effect of habit, disease, sleep, etc., on, 114, 115

size and form of dose upon, 115

combination of, 115

quantity of, found, merely surplus, 117

imbibition of, 118

diseases which simulate, 119

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