He opens and closes each session of the district court, and during the term has charge of the witnesses, the juries, and the prisoners.

It is his duty to carry into execution the sentence of the court.

He serves writs and processes not only for the district court, but also for justices of the peace and court commissioners.
Coroner .-- Another officer of the county, ancient almost as the sheriff, is the coroner.

If the dead body of a human being is found under circumstances which warrant the suspicion that the deceased came to his death by violence, it is the coroner's duty to investigate the matter and ascertain if possible the cause of the death.

He is aided by a jury summoned by him for the purpose.
At a time in early English history when the only county officers were the sheriff and the coroner, the coroner acted as sheriff when the latter was for any reason incapacitated.