ELSIE WALKER CASE.
NO POWER TO REOPEN INQUEST.
Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Aug. 27. Replying to Mr Fletcher (Auckland) who asked whether it was intended to reopen the Elsie Walker inquest, Hon. T. M. Wilford stated in the House of Representatives to-day that there was no power in New Zealand to reopen inquests. The Supreme Court had power to- quash an inquisition and reopen an inquest, but the right to adopt this course was limited to cases where there had been something illegal in the conduct of the inquiry. There was, however, a statutory law in Britain which provided for the reopening of an inquest in the interests of justice. Mr Wilford said that he could find only one instance of an inquest having been reopened in this country, and on that occasion, when vouchers for expenses were presented after the hearing had been completed, it was found that they could not bo paid as there had been no power to reopen the inquest.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 230, 28 August 1929, Page 6
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164ELSIE WALKER CASE. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 230, 28 August 1929, Page 6
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