The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1792-08-31 00:00:00, page 1

Newhampfhire
der.
And the warrant ,or warrants for
summoning them (hall be directed to a
constable of the town or place from
which such jurors are to be fommoned,
and in such warrant ihall be fpecified
the number of jurors to be fummoried
in such town or place ; and the consta
ble to whom any such warrant is direct
ed and delivered, is hereby empower
ed and diredod forthwith to execute
the fame, and to repair to the place
where the dead body is, at the time
mentioned, and make return of the
warrant with his doings thereon unto
the coroner who issued the fame.
And twelve or more of the jurors
returned (hall be sworn in view of the
body, and the coroner shall give
them a charge upon their oaths, to
declare of the death of the person,
whether he died of felony, or of mis
chance, or accident ; and if of felo
ny whether of his own or of anoth
and if of the felony of another,
Iwild were principals, and who were
Faffed June to, 179!.
BE it enabled by the Senate and House
of Representatives inGeneral- Court
convened, That every coroner before
he enters upon the duties of his office,
(hall be f^orn to the faithful discharge
thereof, and (hall give security in the
fame manner as fheriffs by law are
obliged to do.
rind be it further enabled, That it
Khali be the duty of the coroner to take
inquests of the violent deaths commit
ted, or casual deaths happening within
the county for which he is commission
ed.
And be it further enabled, That it
Khali be the duty of the coroner, and
he hereby is empowered to serve and
execute all writs and procefles direct
ed unto him when the (heriffis a party ;
and the coroner (hall return jurors
de talibus tircumft antibus where the
Sheriff is a party interested, or relat
ed to either party, and in all such
causes the coroner (hall attend the
jury, and (hall have for all services en
joined on him in this feftion, the fame
fees by law allowed to the fheriff for
similar services.
And be it further enabled, That when
any coroner ihall be certified of the
dead body of any person supposed to
have come to his death by violence or
casualty, found or lying within his
county, he (hall cause a jury of inquest
to be summoned to appear before him
at a certain time and place, to enquire
how and in what manner the person so
found dead, came to his death.
And the number of jurors to be
fummoncd (hall be eighteen in ail,and
they (hall have the qualifications of
petit jurors attending the courts of
common law, and (hall be inhabitants
of the town or place where the dead
body is found, or of that and the ad
jacent towns, as the coroner may or-
Regulating the office of coroner.
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FRIDAY, August 31, 1792.]
An ACT
And every coroner is further em
powered to summon, and if neceflary
to grant compulsory process for the
appearance of witnefles, and to ad
minister an oath to such witnesses ;
and the testimony of such witnesses
ihall be drawn up in writing and sub
scribed by them, and if the testimony
of any witness or witnesses charge any
person with killing, or of being in any
way instrumental to the death of the
person so found dead, the coroner (halt
bind such witnesses by recognizance,
in a reafonabie sum, for their perfon^
appearance at the next so perior- court
of judicature, to be holden within a#d
for the fame county, there to give ev
idence accordingly ; and if any such
^a' l refufe 10 recognize as a
fara^d, the coroner (hall and may
comfy it such witness to the common
gaol of the county.
And the jury having viewed the
body, heard the evidence, and made
all the enquiry within their power,
they sh all draw up and deliver unto
the coroner their verdi& upon the
death under consideration, in writing
under their hands, and the coroner
Shall fee his hand and seal thereto.
And the coroner Shall return to the
next superior-court of judicature hold
en iu the fame county, the inquisition,
^written evidence and recognizance (if
any) by him taken..
And be it further enofled, That if any
constable Shall unnecessarily fail of ex
ecuting any warrant directed and de
livered to him as aforefaid, or of re
turning the fame as aforefaid, he Shall
forfeit the sum of forty sh llings.
And every person summoned as a
juror as aforefaid, that Shall without
reasonable excuse therefor, fail of ap=
pearance, he Shall forfeit the sum of
forty Shillings. And the forfeitures
aforefaid Shall be recovered by action
of debt, before any justice of the peace
in the county where the fame Shall ac
crue, and Shall be one half to the use
of the prosecutor, and the other half to
the use of the county.
And be it further enaaed, That upon
an inquisition found before any coron
er, of the death of any person by the
felony or misfortune of another, he
Shall speedily inform one or more of
the justices of the fame county thereof,
to the intent that the person killing or
being any way instrumental to the
death, may be apprehended, examin
id and secured in order for trial.
acceffaries ; with what instrument
he was (truck or wounded, and so of
all prevailing circumstances that may
come by presumption ; and if he died
of his own felony, then to enquire of
the manner, means or instrument, and
of •II circumstances concerning it ;
and if he died by mischance or acci
dent, whether by the aft of man, and
whether by hurt, fail, ttrokfoorowning
or otherwise; to enquire of the per
sons who were prefent,,th.e finders of
the body, his relations and neighbours,
whether he was killed in the fame
place where he was found, and if else
where, by whom and how he was
brought from thence, and of all cir
cumhances relating to the laid death.
And the jury being charged, ihall
Hand together ; and the coroner Ihall
caute proclamation to be made for all
persons, who can give evidence how,
and in what manner the perfons,then
and there lying dead, came to his
death, to draw near and they ihall be
heard.
THE
Warrant for summoning the jury of in
quefl.
"ITo either of the constables
R . 6., of L in said count,
J of R Greeting.
*' ^<. IN the name of the State
(L. S.) of New-Hampshire, you are
^, hereby required to summon
good and lawful men of said
to appear before me one of the
coroners of R at the dwelling
house of for at a place called)
within the said town of L on
at of the clock in the
noon, then and th^re to enquire upon
a view of the body of there ly.
ing dead, how and in what manner he
came to his death. FaiTnot herein
at your peril. Given under my hand
and seal at L in said county
the day of A. D.
A. B- ——.
And be it further enabled. That the
following forms (hall be used in the
cases to which they apply.
Form ,f the oath to be adminifered to
the jurors.
YOU solemnly fwe&r, that you will
diligently enquire, and due prefer
ment make in behalf of this ftate,how,
and in what manner who lies
here dead, come to his deah ; and
that you will deliver up to me,
one of the coroners of this county, a
true inquest thereof, according to such
evidence as Shall be laid before you,
and according to your knowledge.
^. So help you GOD.
Form of the oath to be administered to the
Witnesses.
YOU solemnly Swear, that the tes
timony which you Shall give to this
inquest, concerning the death of
hete lying dead, Shall be the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth.
So be/pyou GOD,
Fo*m of the inquisition.
State of IAN irquifrtion
New- Hampshire, > taken at Lin
R fs. J the Said county
ofR the day of intheyear
of our Lord before A. B. gentle
man, one of the coroners of the said
county of R upon the view of
the body of there lying dead, by
the oaths of good and lawful
men, who being fwom and charged to
enquire for the laid St te, when, how,
and by what means the said came
to his death, upon their oaths, do by
(then insert how, where, when and by
what means, with what in,rument he
vugs killed, and if it appears that he
was murdered by a ptrjon known, then
the inqu,tion /ball be concluded thus)
" and to the jurors aforefaid, upon
" their oaths aforefaid, do Say, that
'' the said in manner and form a
" forefaid the aforefaid then
" and there of his malice aforethought,
" did kill and murder against the peace
" and dignity of this State, and the
“ laws of the fame."
I/ it appears to be felf-murder, then the
inquiftion Jbell conclude thus :
'' And so the jurors aforefaid, upon
“ their oaths aforefaid, do fay, that
'' the said in manner and form
" aforefaid, then and there volt ntari
" ly, aid felcnicifly, as a felon of
" himfrlf, did kill and murder him
" felf, against the peace and dignity
" of said State." -
(If it appears that the death was by
mis/ortunt, the irquifatou mefl conch de
thus ;)
Gazetteer.
[Numb.'g of Volume 7.
" And so the jurors aforefaid, upon
" their oaths aforefaid, do fay, that
'<the said ' in manner aforefaid,
" came to his death by misfortune."
If the death was occafoned innocently
by the hands of any other pofn, the
inquisition mus conclude thus :
The jurors aforefaid,upon their oaths
aforefaid, fay that the aforefaid D. H,
the aforefaid by misfortune and
contrary to the will of the said D. H.
in manner and form aforefaid, did kill
and day
In witness whereof, the said jurors
have hereunto set their hands, the
day and year abovefaid.
L. M.
N. O, &c.
In witness of a|l before written,the
said coroner hath hereunto set his
hand and seal the fame day andwear
4/ — '*
A. B. (Seal)
4-—
To a Lady under dejeAion of mind, on a
religious account.
Dear Madam,
IREI URN you my moll affectionate
thanks for the freedom with which
you have opened your mind to me, both
by repeated and unreserved conversations,
and by a communication of papers intend
ed entirely for your own use. The cc n
fequence, I melt faithfully assure you, %
that the more I know you, the more
firmly I am convinced, not only that you
are a real, but that you are a very advan
ced chriftian. I have pointed cut to yea
already the principles on which I build
the cc ncluficn. But as I have not,ec
been happy trough to t< move remaining
difficulties, give me leave in this letter to
lay before you feme hints, as to what I
apprtherd may be the cause, and, by a
divine blessing, in Some measure at leaf,
the cure cf this anxiety which so much
harraftes your mind. And pardon me,
that in this fliait of tin e, and in this hour
which, with pleasure for jour Service, I
take frem n, Sleep before the journey
and labours of to-morrow, I co but
touch upon particulars, red give ftert
bints, irftcad oi illiftrating cricafcning
upon them at large.
Now as to the causes of your prefect
dilirefs, 1 apprehend the following things
among others are the chief and melt pe
culiar : Fer 1 Shall not mention those two
grand cardinal causes of all buy dift/els-—
feme remainder of fin in the belt hearts,
'while they continue here — and the arti
fice and malice cf our common enemy.
What is meft peculiar seem to. be, I.
The weakness cf animal nature, which;
after the attacks it has borne mult neces
sarily be ver, weak, unless it had been
ftiergthened by a miracle, which even
in such a case we have no warrant to
expeti. z. The extraordinary elevation
of devotion, which at feme times you
Ihave known, and particularly when you
[The following letter of that truly learned
and eminently piousjer<uant of bis Divine
Mailer, the late Dr. Doddridge, is
deservedly held tn high estimation. The
compojitor mu, be admired by all, and
to such as are not pefrfed of bis inva/u
--able works, the tetter mu# prove parri
cularly acceptable dis matter, there
fore, /uitable to the Monitor, st re
commends itjelf]•
From the Columbian Centinel.
MONITOR—No. 359.
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