South Carolina § 17-7-150 - Coroner shall charge jury.

§ 17-7-150. Coroner shall charge jury.

The jury so sworn shall be charged by the coroner to declare, upon oath, whether the deceased came to his death:

(1) By mischance and accident or by felony;

(2) If by felony, whether by his own or another's;

(3) If by mischance, whether by the act of God or of man;

(4) If by another's felony, who were principals and who accessories, who threatened him of life, or murder, and with what instrument he was struck or wounded; and

(5) If by mischance or accident, by the act of God or man, whether by hurt, fall, stroke, drowning or otherwise.

And he shall also charge them to inquire of the persons that were present at the finding of the body whether he was killed in the same place or elsewhere and, if elsewhere, by whom or how he was there brought and of all other circumstances.

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 17-104; 1952 Code SECTION 17-104; 1942 Code SECTION 1071; 1932 Code SECTION 1071; Cr. P. '22 SECTION 158; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 1003; Cr. C. '02 SECTION 705; G. S. 2668; R. S. 584; 1839 (11) 73.