South Carolina § 17-7-650 Binding over person who killed another by mischance and witnesses.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 17-7-650 — Binding over person who killed another by mischance and witnesses.

South Carolina § 17-7-650

Title 17CRIMINAL PROCEDURES

Ch. 7AUTOPSIES AND INQUEST ON THE DEAD

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-650 (2026).

Text

If the finding of the inquest be that the deceased came to his death by mischance by the hands of another the coroner shall bind in recognizance, with sufficient surety, the party against whom the verdict has been rendered to appear at the next court of general sessions for the county, that the matter may be then and there inquired into. And the coroner shall also bind over by recognizance, with good surety, all such material witnesses as were examined before the jury of inquest.

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If the finding of the inquest be that the deceased came to his death by mischance by the hands of another the coroner shall bind in recognizance, with sufficient surety, the party against whom the verdict has been rendered to appear at the next court of general sessions for the county, that the matter may be then and there inquired into. And the coroner shall also bind over by recognizance, with good surety, all such material witnesses as were examined before the jury of inquest.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 17-155; 1952 Code SECTION 17-155; 1942 Code SECTION 1090; 1932 Code SECTION 1090; Cr. P. '22 SECTION 177; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 1020; Cr. C. '02 SECTION 722; G. S. 2685; R. S. 601; 1839 (11) 77.