Missouri Revised Statutes
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 58.300 (2026)
Coroner to administer an oath to the jurors
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58.300. Coroner to administer an oath to the jurors. — The coroner shall administer an oath or affirmation to the jurors, in the following form:
You solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will diligently inquire and true presentment make, how and by whom the person who here lies dead came to his death, and you shall deliver to me, coroner of this county, a true inquest thereof, according to such evidence as shall be laid before you and according to your knowledge.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13235)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11616; 1919 § 5924; 1909 § 2929
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case (1 in the last 5 years), 2021–2021 · leading case: Glasgow Sch. Dist. v. Howard Cnty. Coroner, 633 S.W.3d 822 (Mo. Ct. App. 2021).
Glasgow Sch. Dist. v. Howard Cnty. Coroner, 633 S.W.3d 822 (Mo. Ct. App. 2021). “§§58.300; 58.340. As soon as the jury shall be sworn, the coroner shall give them a charge, upon their oaths, to declare of the death of the person, whether he or she died by felony or accident; and if of felony, who were the principals and who were accessories, and if the act…”
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