2010 Tennessee Code
Title 38 - Prevention And Detection Of Crime
Chapter 5 - Inquests
38-5-104 - Jury.
38-5-104. Jury.
The jury of inquest shall consist of seven (7) jurors who shall be summoned by the coroner and be sworn by such coroner to inquire who the person was, and when, where and by what means that person died, and to render a true verdict on the death, according to the evidence offered the jurors or arising from inspection of the body.
[Code 1858, § 5300; Shan., § 7278; Code 1932, § 11879; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 11879; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-404.]
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