S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-240: Duty to render verdict; form.

The jury having viewed the body, heard the evidence and made inquiry into the cause and manner of the death shall render their verdict thereon, in writing, to the coroner under their hands and seals in the manner following, which shall pass by indenture interchangeably between the coroner and jury, that is to say:

"South Carolina,

County of __________

An inquisition indented, taken at __________, in __________ County, the ___ day of __________, A. D. ___, before A B, coroner (or C D, magistrate, acting as coroner) for said county, upon view of the body of E F, of __________, then and there being dead, by the oaths of (inserting the names of the jurors), being a lawful jury of inquest, who, being charged and sworn to inquire for the State of South Carolina where and by what means the said E F came to his death, upon their oath do say, etc. (inserting how, where, at what time and by what instrument the deceased was killed)."