Removal of body without authority, etc., is punishable (Crim. Code, sec. 656).
Pennsylvania.
Coroner to hold inquest in Philadelphia County only in case of a violent death (Bright Pen. Dig., 1536, sec. 37).
And may in Berks and Lancaster Counties order a post mortem (Bright Pen. Dig., 1536, sec. 38).
Concealing death of child which, if born alive, would be a bastard, is punishable (Bright Pen. Dig., 431, sec. 158).
Removal of body from grave without authority is a misdemeanor (Bright Pen. Dig., 229, sec. 11).
Bodies of those dying in alms-house, hospital, prison, or public institution, or those in morgue, which are required to be buried at public expense, shall be delivered to medical college, physician, etc., to be used for scientific purposes only, unless claimed by relatives or deceased was a traveller, and trafficking in such bodies is a misdemeanor (Bright Pen. Dig., p. 9, sec. 1 et seq.).
Rhode Island.
Concealing death of child which, if born alive, would be a bastard, so that it may not be known, etc., is punishable (Pub. Stat., ch. 244, sec. 8).