Evidence of the cause of death.

  • Hussey, E. L. (Edward Law)
Date:
[1893]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Evidence of the cause of death. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    u EVIDENCE OF DEA TH” To S. F. B ***** *, Esq., Dear Sir, and Brother Coroner, — BEARING in mind that the primary object of the Coroner’s enquiry is to find whether any be cul- pable> . . who, and in what manner, — How is the Cause of death to be found, in the absence of a Medical witness to describe it ? The County, in which your district lies, is not the only County, where the Council are considering the expense of Medical evidence, and whether such evidence is necessary, unless violence is known or suspected. How the Jury are to find, . . who is to blame, and how far ? . . without a Lawyer to advise them of the fine distinctions of the law, in such questions as degrees of culpability, — you have no need to ask. Under the Registration Act of 1874, the Jury are to find the particulars required to be registered concerning the death, — that is, the day of death, the name, the sex, age, and rank or profession, of the