Coroner to hold inquest, etc. (Gen. Stat., secs. 1,780, 1,794).
To bury body if not claimed by friends, etc., and at public expense, if necessary (Gen. Stat., sec. 1,792).
Removal of a body unlawfully for dissection or wantonly, or receiving body knowing it to have been so removed, is a misdemeanor (Gen. Stat., sec. 2,372 et seq.).
Kentucky.
Coroner to hold inquest, etc. (Gen. Stat., ch. 25, secs. 3, 11).
To bury the body or deliver to friends (Gen. Stat., ch. 25, sec. 6).
Body of one dying on a steamboat, or other craft, if not claimed by friends, shall be buried by master or officer in command on shore, at least four feet deep (Gen. Stat., ch. 29, art. 17, sec. 15).
Removal of body unlawfully from grave is punishable (Gen. Stat., ch. 29, art. 17, sec. 16).
Louisiana.
Coroner shall hold inquest, etc., and bury body when not claimed by friends (Voorh. Rev. L., secs. 653, 660).