The coroner's court, its uses and abuses : with suggestions for reform / by J. J. Dempsy.

  • Dempsy, J. J.
Date:
1859
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Credit: The coroner's court, its uses and abuses : with suggestions for reform / by J. J. Dempsy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    c PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION. TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD BROUGHAM. My Lord, It is exceedingly gratifying, in issuing a second edition at so early a period, to observe that the public have embraced the important subject thus brought under their attention in so warm a spirit. Indeed, I felt, in limine^ before thus publicly broaching the question, that it only re- quired a clear and concise statement of facts to arouse the public mind; and now, with your Lord- ship’s powerful support and invaluable assistance, —without presuming too much on your Lordship’s time^—and that of the members of the learned and active Society of which your Lordship is President, I can look forward with confidence to an early period when such a reform will be effected through Parliament as will place the Coroner’s Court in its independent and proper position. Thus, all unseemly jarring between coroners, magistrates, and police jurisdiction, will be pre- vented. At the same time justice will be acceded to one of the most ancient and important. insti- A 2