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An inquest is a judicial inquiry in common law jurisdictions, particularly one held to determine the cause of a person's death. [1] Conducted by a judge , jury , or government official, an inquest may or may not require an autopsy carried out by a coroner or medical examiner .
Wakley, an opponent of flogging, ordered an inquest and arranged for two further autopsies to be performed. The last of these, carried out by Erasmus Wilson, reported that White's death was a direct result from the flogging. The inquest jury, on 4 August, returned the verdict that White's case was a result of the flogging and called for its use ...
Before his death he told a nurse at the hospital that a RCMP officer jumped up and down on him [5] a claim which was supported by Quilt's wife, Christine, and sister-in-law, Agnes. [3] An autopsy performed by Dr. Han Choo Lee found that Quilt died from peritonitis due to "complete severance of the small bowel". [3]
The findings of the inquest were published on August 17; Chief Coroner Theodore Curphey classified Monroe's death a "probable suicide." [ 33 ] [ 34 ] The possibility of an accidental overdose was ruled out because the dosages found in her body were several times over the lethal limit and had been taken "in one gulp or in a few gulps over a ...
Liam Payne’s cause of death has reportedly been confirmed by an inquest opening in his native United Kingdom.. The 31-year-old singer died on Oct. 16 of “polytrauma,” according to a hearing ...
The death of a handcuffed and shackled inmate who was attacked by officers at a New York State prison has been declared a homicide after an autopsy report, authorities said.
Charles B Greenlaw, Coroner of Calcutta. A coroner is a government or judicial official who is empowered to conduct or order an inquest into the manner or cause of death.The official may also investigate or confirm the identity of an unknown person who has been found dead within the coroner's jurisdiction.
Tarrant Co. will ask a forensic pathologist, who has revisited cases for the FBI, to review evidence in Robert Miller’s jail death after a Star-Telegram investigation.