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 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 the constables can be, 193, 212, note, 247, note 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 antidote, 156 LAW, the, must be taken by jurors from coroners, 216 LEAD, salts of, symptoms of, 130 antidote, 154 LEADING questions, when they can be asked, 201 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 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 of coroners, 50 MALICE, express and presumed, 77 MANDAMUS, writ of, 47 MANSLAUGHTER, no accessory to, 66 definition of, 105 practical remarks upon, 105 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 MELIUS inquirendum, writ of, 19, 294 MILEAGE, proof of, 288, 304n, 310n MINE accidents, inquests on persons killed in, 4, 20 antidote, 156 MISADVENTURE, homicide by, 107, 108 MIS CONDUCT, of coroners, 50 of jury, a reason for quashing inquisition, 300 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 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 NITRIC acid, symptoms of, 123 NITROBENZOLE, symptoms of, 134 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, 276 OFFICERS, resistance to, 89 OIL of vitriol, symptoms of, 122 antidote, 151 OMISSION, of duty, deaths from, 81, 86 OPENING the inquest, 228 OPINION, matters of, as evidence, 195 antidote, 156 ORDER, for payment of medical witness, 387 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 antidote, 152 P. PACKING the viscera, etc., for analysis, 263, 264 PARKER v. Elliott, 45 PARTY to offences, 63 charged, 279 PENCIL, depositions, etc., should not be in, 285 PENITENTIARY, inquests upon convicts dying in the, 12, 15 antidote, 152 PHYSICIANS and surgeons, deaths from their treatment, 76, 85 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 |