American Civics Research Library

Coroner

from:  Encyclopedia of Advanced American Civics, ©2003 David R. Deschesne

Coroner  “Originally established in England as an officer both to aid and serve as a check upon the sheriff, and at various times endowed with a variety of powers, the county coroner has been limited in the United States to essentially one regular function:  to conduct inquests into the causes of deaths that occur by violence or under suspicious circumstances.  The coroner orders the inquest and presides over it.” - Government in the Fifty States, ©1960, Anderson, Penniman and Weidner

The Coroner, in addition to investigating the cause of death is also able to summon juries to investigate suspicious deaths, serve writs and precepts on the Sheriff, and is able to stand in for the sheriff, should he (sheriff) be unable to fulfill his duties (see Maine Laws, 1821, pp. 409-410).  The people elect the coroner for a period of two years in most states.  While the coroner does mainly investigate the cause of death, he is not necessarily a physician, or doctor, and does at times operate in the capacity of criminal investigator/lawyer.

   Many states since the bankruptcy of the United States have slowly begun eliminating the office of coroner and replacing it with a state-appointed medical examiner.  While the excuse was to provide for a more qualified investigator for causes of death, many believe the real reason is to eliminate the only elected person who can lawfully replace a retired/removed county sheriff.

   Since the bankruptcy of our country, the office of county sheriff has slowly been taken over by the federal government in order to enforce the receivership of this country to the central bank, the Federal Reserve.  This requires the county sheriff, in many cases, to violate his oath of office (and purpose for existing) by stealing from the constituents who elected him to protect them from that type of crime to begin with.  

   Since a state-appointed bureaucrat has replaced the only elected official who can lawfully replace an incapacitated sheriff, the governor of the state now has assumed the power by legislative fiat to remove county sheriffs from power whenever he (the governor) determines it to be necessary; this makes the office of sheriff now beholden to the state government, rather than the people.

   The state-funded public school systems will never again teach about the authority of sheriff or the supremacy of the county coroner, as those two offices, when properly utilized, are the keys to enforcing the natural rights of the citizenry, as well as removing corrupt police officers and government officials from power.