Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic medicine and Toxicology. Vol. 1Witthaus, R. A. (Rudolph August)
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Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic medicine and Toxicology. Vol. 1
Witthaus, R. A. (Rudolph August)
Medical jurisprudence; Poisons; Toxicology
Removal of body unlawfully is punishable (How. Stat., vol. 2, sec.
9,297).
MINNESOTA.
Gen. Stat., secs. 6,220, 6,230, same as N. Y. P. C., secs. 305-315.
Concealing birth of child which died before or after birth is a
misdemeanor (Gen. Stat., sec. 6,210).
Coroner to hold inquest, etc. (Gen. Stat., sec. 1,011 _et seq._).
And cause body to be buried at expense of county (Gen. Stat., sec.
1,021).
Section 6,216, same as 303, N. Y. P. C.
Body must be buried within four days, and if death was from contagious
disease, within twenty-four hours and in a tightly sealed coffin which
must not be reopened (Gen. Stat., sec. 607).
Wardens, superintendents of poor, and other persons having control of
bodies shall deliver same to medical college committee, for dissection,
unless claimed by relatives or friends, or relatives or friends do
not consent, or one detained as a witness or on suspicion of having
committed a crime, or deceased requested to be buried (Gen. Stat., sec.
678).
MISSISSIPPI.
Body of paupers and strangers to be buried (Am. Code, secs. 3,145,
3,146).
Coroner to hold inquest, etc. (Am. Code, sec. 816).
Removal of body unlawfully and wantonly, for sale or receiving same, is
punishable (Am. Code, secs. 1,023, 1,024).
MISSOURI.
Coroner to hold inquest, etc. (R. L., sec. 2,438 _et seq._).
And shall bury the body, if not claimed by friends, at public expense
(R. L., sec. 2,456).
And may direct a chemical analysis and microscopical examination of
body (R. L., sec. 2,469).
Superintendents or wardens of penitentiary, houses of correction,
insane asylums, poor-houses, and coroners, sheriffs, city and county
undertakers, having charge of a body required to be buried at public
expense, shall deliver the same to medical college for dissection
unless claimed by relatives or friends, and trafficking in such bodies
is a misdemeanor (R. L., sec. 6,883 _et seq._).
Concealing birth of child, so that it may not be known whether it was
born alive or dead, is a felony (R. L., sec. 3,479).
Removal of dead body from grave without authority (except that of
criminal executed for crime), for purpose of sale, etc., or receiving
such body knowingly, is a felony (R. L., secs. 3,842, 3,845).
MONTANA.
Concealing birth of child which, if born alive, would be a bastard, is
punishable (Crim. Laws, sec. 41).
Coroner to hold inquest, etc. (Gen. Laws, secs. 869, 883).
And bury body at public expense if not claimed by relatives, etc. (Gen.
Laws, sec. 881).
Removal, etc., of dead body from grave without authority, and for the
purpose of sale or dissection, or from wantonness, is a felony (Laws,
1889, p. 114).
NEBRASKA.
Coroner to hold inquest, etc. (Consol. Stat., sec. 3,130 _et seq._).
To bury body if not claimed by friends (Consol. Stat., sec. 3,144).
Removal of body from grave without authority for sale, dissection,
etc., is punishable (Consol. Stat., sec. 5,847).
Fœticide is punishable (Consol. Stat., sec. 5,582).
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