FSC239Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Death By Natural Causes, Coroner, Medical Examiner
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12,000 natural, 3000 accidental, 1100 suicide, 500 undetermined, 180 homicide. 3 knights and a clerk (cid:862)keepers of the please of the (cid:272)ro(cid:449)(cid:374)(cid:863) a. k. a (cid:272)ro(cid:449)(cid:374)ers. Role inquistiorial, arrest, safeguard land/goods (of deceased and/ accused) and tax related. Crowners determined who died, when, where, and who was to blame. Collected taxes owed to crown upon death. Not under care of physician (cid:862)sudde(cid:374)l(cid:455) a(cid:374)d u(cid:374)e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)tedl(cid:455)(cid:863) To determine whether or not an inquest is necessary. To collect and analyze information about the death in order to prevent further deaths in similar circumstances. Any matters pertaining to the dead person. Warrant authority: body(possession/examination), post mortem examination, burial. Non-warrant authority: enter and inspect, inspect and extract information, seize, exhume (dig out) Delegate powers to physician or police officer. Use authority to further a civil/criminal investigation (cid:862)(cid:373)ake a(cid:374)(cid:455) fi(cid:374)di(cid:374)g of legal respo(cid:374)si(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) or e(cid:454)press a(cid:374)(cid:455) (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)lusio(cid:374) of la(cid:449)(cid:863) Blood and urine samples from colarusso for medical purposes: Mr colarusso (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)i(cid:272)ted, usi(cid:374)g results fro(cid:373) (cid:272)oro(cid:374)er"s testi(cid:374)g.
