The testimony of all witnesses examined upon an inquest shall be taken down in writing by the coroner and signed by the witnesses. If the testimony given tends to incriminate any person as concerned in the death of the deceased the coroner shall bind over the witness who gave it, in recognizance, with sufficient surety, to appear at the next court of general sessions to be holden for the county to give evidence concerning the death and such witness, for refusing to enter into such recognizance, shall be committed by the coroner to the jail of the county, by warrant under his hand and seal, there to be kept until the session of the court or until he shall enter into recognizance as required.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-115; 1952 Code Section 17-115; 1942 Code Section 1079; 1932 Code Section 1079; Cr. P. '22 Section 166; Cr. C. '12 Section 1010; Cr. C. '02 Section 712; G. S. 2675; R. S. 591; 1839 (11) 74.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 17 - Criminal Procedures
Chapter 7 - Autopsies And Inquest On The Dead
Section 17-7-15. Return of body after autopsy or medical examination.
Section 17-7-25. Autopsy on unidentified body; preservation of DNA samples.
Section 17-7-30. Findings on preliminary examination and filing of evidence.
Section 17-7-40. Fees for preliminary examination.
Section 17-7-70. Jurisdiction of coroners to take inquests.
Section 17-7-80. Duties of coroner concerning motor vehicle, swimming, or boating accident deaths.
Section 17-7-90. Persons subject to jury duty are liable to serve on an inquest.
Section 17-7-100. Mode of summoning a jury.
Section 17-7-110. Procedures to be followed by person directed to summon jury; compensation.
Section 17-7-120. Form of warrant to summon jury.
Section 17-7-140. Number of jurors and oath.
Section 17-7-150. Coroner shall charge jury.
Section 17-7-160. Inquiry in case of suicide.
Section 17-7-170. Coroner's power to issue warrants and to summon and examine witnesses.
Section 17-7-175. Coroner's power to issue subpoena duces tecum.
Section 17-7-180. Disregard of summons or refusal to testify.
Section 17-7-190. Coroner may punish for contempt.
Section 17-7-200. Coroner's power to adjourn the jury and bind jurors.
Section 17-7-210. Supplying places of absent jurors.
Section 17-7-220. Oath of witnesses.
Section 17-7-230. Coroner shall take testimony in writing and bind over or commit witnesses.
Section 17-7-240. Duty to render verdict; form.
Section 17-7-250. Form of conclusion of inquisition where deceased was wilfully killed.
Section 17-7-270. Form of conclusion of inquisition in case of death by self-murder.
Section 17-7-280. Form of conclusion of inquisition in case of death by means unknown.
Section 17-7-290. Form of conclusion of inquisition in case of death by mischance.
Section 17-7-300. Form of attestation clause; signature to inquisition.
Section 17-7-310. Return of inquisition and evidence to clerk.
Section 17-7-320. Endorsement on return of inquisition and evidence.
Section 17-7-330. Coroner's Book of Inquisitions.
Section 17-7-340. Compensation and mileage allowed coroner's jurors.
Section 17-7-510. Penalty for burying body without notice or inquiry.
Section 17-7-520. Order to take up buried body on suspicion of violent death; examination.
Section 17-7-530. Record of body long dead and buried or improperly kept.
Section 17-7-610. Warrant in case of wilful killing.
Section 17-7-620. Form of warrant in case of wilful killing.
Section 17-7-630. Commitment of person named in warrant in case of wilful killing.
Section 17-7-640. Sheriff and jailers are required to keep persons committed.
Section 17-7-650. Binding over person who killed another by mischance and witnesses.
Section 17-7-660. Report by county coroner to Governor in certain homicide cases.