FUNCTIONS OF CORONERS
AMENDMENTS PENDING DOMINION ACT (Per Press Association.) PALMERSTON N., last night. Comment on the fact that amendments to the Coroners’ Act were contemplated to bring it into line with the provisions of the English Act was made by the coroner, Mr. A. J. Graham at an inquest. He stated that the Minister had notified coroners that their function was merely to establish time, place and cause of death, that inquiries into anybody’s conduct were not to be pursued, even where there was evidence of negligence. It had been stated that it was not desirable for a coroner to comment or to include any ruling on the matter in his verdict.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19894, 23 March 1939, Page 4
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113FUNCTIONS OF CORONERS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19894, 23 March 1939, Page 4
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