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No 10. An inquisition upon one who dies in gaol.

who say upon their oath, that the aforesaid A. D. on the day of the taking of this inquisition, being a prisoner in the gaol at in the parish aforesaid, then and there died of. the visitation of God, and then and there' in manner and form aforesaid came to his death, and not otherwise. In witness, &c.

For killing another in his own defence.

K. late of
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-at-aforesaid in the said parish then being A. M. late of

No 11. upon their oaths say, that A. on the- Jay of in thein the parish of at the hour of-- -in the afternoon of the same day, did come, and upon him thr said A. K. then and there of his malice aforethought, did make an assault, and him the said A, K did then and there endeavor to beat and kill, by con tinuing the assault aforesaid, from the house of one W. II. inaforesaid, to a certain place called in the parish aforesaid and the said A. K. seeing that the said A. M. was so maliciously disposed. to a certain wall in the said place calleddid flee, and from thence for fear of death could not escape, and so the said A. K. himself, in the preservation of his life, against the said A. M. continued to defend, and in his own defence, him the said A. M. upon the right part of the breast of him the said A M. with a certain sword of the price of 12 cents, which the said A'K then and there held in his right hand, did strike, then and there giving to the same A M, one mortal wound of the breadth of one inch, and of the depth of three inches, of which said mortal wound the said A Mat- aforesaid, in the parish afore said, languished, and languishingly lived, from the said-day of--to the-day of from thence next ensuing, and that the said A M, on the said-day of --in the year aforesaid, at--; -aforesaid, in the said county, of that mortal wound died; and so the said A K did then and there kill him the said A M in his own des fence.

No. 12, An inquisition where the murderer is unknown. [The same as before, only say]

that a certain person unknown, &c. [and add] and the said jurors upou their oath aforesaid further say, that the said person unknown, after he had committed the said felony and murder in manner aforesaid, did flee away, against the peace &c.

No. 13. Inquest on a body found in the rivers

-and the said jurors upon their oath say, that the said person came

death by drowning, and further say not.

to his

IT IS THE DUTY OF CORONERS AND JUSTICES OF THE PRACE WHEN THEY ACT AS CORONERS to take up and cause to be buried all bodies of unknown persons or who have no relations or friends to take charge of and inter the same, and for this service a compensation is to be paid out of the treasury of the parish, as explained hereafter

APPENDIX.

Justices of the peace are required to place seals on the preperty of persons who die in their vicinity; in this case the following forms and provisions of the law upon the subject.

No. 1. Certificate or proof of the death of a person. STATE OF LOUISIANA,

PARISH OF IBERVILLE.

Before me C HD, a justice of the peace in and for the parish of Iberville appeared A B and E F; to me well known; who being duly sworn say, that on theday of in the year eighteen hundred and- -G H, a planter residing in the parish of Iberville died a natural death and that they saw him dead.

(Signed)

A B.

E F.

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This certificate should be remitted to the recorder of deaths who is now in the country parishes the parish judge.

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No. 2. Proces-verbal of placing seals on the property of a de

ceased person.

THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

PARISH OF Catahoula.

day of

Be it known that on this in the year eighteen hundred and having received information that A S a planter residing in said parish recently died, I the undersigned justice of the peace, repaired to the late residence of the said deceased and placed seals on his property as follows: on one trunk, one desk, one armoir or press and on the doors and windows of the apartment of the house where the deceased died.

Thus done without leaving the place, in presence of J K and L M, competent witnesses who were for that special purpose called and who have signed this procés-verbalwith me the said ustice of the peace.

J K.
LM.

(signed), A B, justice of the peace.

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"The judge or justice of the peace, who affixes the seals, must not himself make, and must prohibit the persons present from making any search or examination among the papers or effects of the deceased, even under the pretext of searching for a will.”—Civil Code Art. 1076.

"The judge or justice of the peace, who affixes the seals, ought to sbut up in the apartments, the doors and windows of which he must seal,jall the movcables and effects which can be removed, and shall only leave out those for which the family of the deceased, if he has left any, had an absolute need for their use, of which he shall make a list at the end of the procés-verbal of the affixing of the seals. 16. Art. 1077.

"The procés-verbal of the affixing of the seals must be reduced to writing in English or in French, on the spot where the seals are fixed, and written without leaving it. The procés-verbal must contain the day of the month, and year in which it was made, and be signed by the judge and the witnesses; if any of the latter do not know how to sign, mention of it must be made in the act."—Ib. Art. 1078.

"The judge or justice of the peace, who affixes the seals, shall appoint a guardian at the expense of the succession, to take care of the seals and the effects of which an account is taken at the end of the procés-verbal of the affixing of the seals; the guardian must be a person domiciliated in the place where the inventory was taken.

The judge when he retires, must take with him the keys of all the things and apartments upon which the seals have been affixed.-16. Art. 1079.

"If it be a justice of the peace who has affixed the seals, he must give immediate information of it to the judge of the place, and deliver to him the procés-verbal of the affixing of the seals, together with the keys of the things and apartments upon which he has fixed the seals."-Ib. Art. 1080.

Fees of Justices of the Peace for Performing the acts mentioned in this Compilation

In the first volume of Moreau's Digest page 640, it is stated that the third sec. tion of the act of 26th of March, 1813 is repealed, which establishes the fees of justices of the peace is repealed as it in effect was by the act of 7th of March, 1814 and the act of the 14th of April, 1807 revised as to fees of justices of the peace. This last cited act was repealed after the compilation of Morean's Digest and the first mentioned act revised.

For issuing a warrant on behalf of the state to be paid by the parish; twenty-five cents.

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For administering an oath and signing the same when necessary; twelve and a half cents.

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For administering an oath and writing the same, for each twenty words; six and a quarter cents.

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The FEE BILL of 1807 establishes (sec. 6, p 66) "That the justices of the peace shall have a right to demand and receive the same fees as are in this act allowed to the parish judges for the same service.

SEC. 7. That in all cases when either s parish judge or a justice of the peace shall fulfill the duties which were formerly assigned to coroners they shail be cuttled to receive for their services as follows:

[The fees there fixed are repealed and the following are fixed by the act of 1813 as the fees of coroners in similar cases, M. D. I. page 467.]

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For viewing (examining) a dead body,

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For swearing and qualifying a jury and administering the oath relastive thereto, and returning procés-verbal,

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For summoning and swearing witnesses, each,

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SEC. 11. In case the person so found dead, as is mentioned in the 7th section of this act, should have in the parish neither relatives nor friends willing to take charge of his burial, it shall be the duty of the coroner to cause such person to be interred, and the expenses incurred for that purpose shall be paid by the treasurer of the said parish, if the person so found dead leaves not sufficient property, on an order drawn by thê said coronor and the said jury of inquest.

SEC. 12. The said coroner shall receive for his services the following fees, to wit: for taking up and causing the dead body to be buried, fifteen dollars; and moreover he shall be entitled to demand and receive, when such services are rendered, the fees prescribed by the seventh section of the act entitled "an act to establish an explicit foe bill," passed on the twenty-eighth of March, eighteen hundred and thirteen.

An act to amend the act entitled "an act to establish an explicit fee bill.

Approved March 7, 1814. Szc. 12. The fees of justices of the peace and constables in such criminal cases as are reconizable before the district courts, shall be paid from the treasury of the state on the warrant of the district judge of their respective parishes, and their fees in other criminal cases shall be paid from the parish treasury on the warrant of the arish ud e.

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Form of an account for services rendered in criminal cases agreeably to the provisions af the above recited act of 7th March, 1814.

No. 1.

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For taking a peace bond,

For administering oath and signing the same,
For writing the same, 100 words, at six and a quarter cents per 20,
For issuing warrant of apprehension,

(date as in No. 1)

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No. 3.

The Parish of Iberville

To L L, justice of the peace aeting as coroner, For viewing and examining a dead body found in the Mississippi as per procés-verbal of inquest,

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For swearing and suminoning a jury and administering the oath on inquiry relative thereto, and returning the procés-verbal, For taking up and causing to be buried the dead body,

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15 00

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