The coroner's court, its uses and abuses : with suggestions for reform / by J. J. Dempsy.
- Dempsy, J. J.
- Date:
- 1859
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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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![ought to state that he saw the deceased before death, how long he had attended the party, and i\\e precise cause of death. By this proceeding the present anomalous and ridiculous registration system, which is no pro- tection whatever to life, would be completely ' remodelled and made a useful and important office. Fine and imprisonment on undertakers failing to carry out the regulations of the Court should ' be imposed, the fine or imprisonment depending upon the serious character of the offence com- mitted. Eegistrars would likewise be liable, under similar circumstances, to fine, imprisonment, and dismissal from office. Such are a few propositions, which if adopted, can in the main be greatly improved upon, and more properly defined by an Act of Parliament. A Bill for this purpose would not only effect a 5 complete remodelling of this important office, but j it would meet the requirements aimed at in Par- 1 liament by two other Acts, (which would therefore j be unnecessary,) in a Bill for preventing adultera- I tions, and a Bill for preventing medical quackery I and the sale of poisons, as both these weighty i subjects could be easily met and dealt with by the ] Coroner’s Court under the new regime. The subject is one demanding weighty considera- : tion. That some Legislative interference is re- [ quired in effecting a change in the present duties ( of the Court no one will for a moment deny, a ii slight change*in the administration of its affairs, f with the addition of such other duties as those D 2](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28268350_0053.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
