In 1877, the Texas Rangers found themselves on the outlaw trail, pursuing John Wesley Hardin. Hardin, who had killed Charles Webb, a deputy sheriff in Brown County in 1874, left the state when he began to be relentlessly pursued.
So in a medical examinerâs report homicide just means one person intentionally did something that led to the death of someone else. It doesnât mean the death was intentional and it doesn't mean it was a crime. Criminally negligent homicide, on the other hand, is a class E felony in New York State.
A medical examiner by definition is a physician ... In most cases, they are trained to be forensic pathologists... and are appointed to their positions. To be a coroner, you just have to be able to be elected to the job. You've got places where the local feed store operator is a coroner.