The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-10-21 00:00:00

COUNTY SESSIONS.

The Michaelmas Quarter Sessions for the county lolly
tine of Lancaster were commenced at the court-honser
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do so imperfectly, there being no return as to the ea"
After the grand jury had retired, the magistrates Pr
THE OFFICE OF CORONER.—Jonathan Peel, -
proposed the following resolution :—" That it is the flO3OlO-
nion of this court that inquests ought to be held int:ptie
cases only in which the coroner has received alit"' toe
information from which there would appear to existlen°
reasonable ground for doubt or suspicion that the miller
was caused by some criminal act or omission ; and in
to afford the coroner every facility for obtaining 0101
formation, this court doth hereby order and direct Oa or
superintendent, inspector, or sergeant of the counti„oor-
stabulary, within whose district any death under orr' eu
stances which heretofore have been deemed to reclul such
inquest shall have taken place, shall henceforth fiIIIIL,P pre'
blanks in the following form of application for a .1"01 the
cept, as may apply to the particular case, and forwa
same to the coroner : is
Application for a precept to summon a jury to en(lnire 'r-
ing the death of now lying dead at
township of
1. What was the age of the deceased ? ........'.....
`L. On what day, at'what hour, and where and in
whose presence did the death take place ? ......
3. Was thedeceased found dead, helpless, or insen-
sible? State when, where, and by whom, also the
circumstances under which the deceased was
found; and when,where, and by whom last seen
4. Cause of death .............................. . • • •
5. Did illness exist before the death ? If so state
how long; also whether any medical man was in
attendance ; and if so, who ....... ..........
6. Does any blame or suspicion attach to any par,Y;; filet
7. On what particular ground is a precept apPliedf°' 11101' -be
And this court doth further order and direct., oil
0,
above form of application for a jury precepr,he lOod
printed and sent to every police station within I'd'. A
everi
dreds of Amounderness, Blackburn, and LeYlat
this court doth also further order and direcot,
reonnuese,
coroner usually acting within the Hundreds f Avery cow
ness, Blackburn, and Leyland, shall in ereturn tbe
together with the inquisitions and depositions, of
alt
application for a jury precept, and all particu.lo„vd e_to
information upon which he issued the same' 70couito
that every coroner aforesaid shall make upend sena for
the -- day before each quarter session, .„itteet.pd
same forthwith to the District Finance cle"'esion ;pi
examination previous to the holding of sucno
that every coroner as aforesaid shall, if s
~rfnq for
t'-he said committee, personally attend upon trw
tiers
pu.`poses of such examination." b 0
was ion
A debate having arisen thereon, it aiot
-I until the quarter session to b the ss on.
adjourned
next ; that' Peace do cause . • stes,
the Clerk of theAifte
be printed a'nd circulated amongst tne.." ,"f the 'ooer!
4:1 seosinn in January, so
` Thai the further consideration of the said • jalp tao
worter sessions ; and , ootice b
a notice of the saiL
motion in his paper 01 , such At, ,
the same under tlletnhoatjneeu..,u,,,...o do taDO
tna' goo
adjournede thatnt
courtsh e do
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ceedings may be taken thereupon 49 that court