Seizing dead body under execution is punishable (Pub. Stat., ch. 223, sec. 2).
Bodies of those dying in jail shall, if not claimed by relatives, be buried at public expense (Pub. Stat., ch. 201, sec. 30).
Medical examiner to make autopsy (Pub. Stat., 1884, ch. 420).
And bury body of stranger at State expense if necessary (Pub. Laws, 1884, ch. 420, sec. 24).
Coroner to hold inquest if, in opinion of medical examiner, death was caused by act of some one other than deceased (Pub. Laws, 1884, ch. 420, sec. 17).
South Carolina.
Coroner to hold inquest, etc. (R. L., secs. 711, 2,664 et seq.).
And may have body disinterred for inquisition (R. L., sec. 2,687).
Tennessee.
Coroner to hold inquest, etc. (Code, sec. 6,139 et seq.).