1.   He glared darkly at Cranston and hoped the coroner was not too deeply in his cups.

2.   The coroner was John Lancelot Martin, a personal friend of the Deceased, as were several members of the jury.

3.   Police say there are no suspicious circumstances and a coroner has been informed.

4.   The good coroner was taking one of his short naps, his great belly sagging, mouth half-open.

5.   The beadles backed off, bowing and scraping as if the coroner was the Regent himself.

6.   As in the O.J. case, the coroner is a character.

7.   A coroner has been unable to determine when he died or the cause of death, but police think it was related to the beating.

8.   Defense attorneys have contended that if the stomach contents were preserved, the coroner may have been able to pinpoint the time of death.