Word: inquest
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...leaving the scene of an accident. Still, District Attorney Edmund Dinis was apparently so annoyed by criticism of his office's handling of the case that last week he belatedly sought an inquiry, taking the unusual step of asking the state superior court to begin a formal inquest. Normally the lower district court conducts inquests...
...Even that effort was misdirected. G. Joseph Tauro, chief justice of the superior court-and a Republican appointee-said that the district court was Dinis' proper forum. Turning to Judge Kenneth Nash, administrative head of the district courts, Dinis was once again rebuffed; the responsibility for holding an inquest, Judge...
...jurist of the area in which the accident occurred. By week's end Boyle had not said anything about his intentions. Since Boyle had presided over the proceeding at which Kennedy pleaded guilty, however, the judge could probably be expected to disqualify himself on the question of an inquest...
...this case (E.D.R.S. and G.L.B.T, 1963) an inquest was held in Newcastle on a man who on being struck fell backwards onto his head. Respiration failed 14 hours after hospital admission and he was placed on a respirator. A day later, with his wife's consent, a kidney was removed for transplantation. Following the nephrectomy the respirator was turned off. There was no spontaneous respiration. A medical witness declared the man had virtually died at the time he was put on the respirator, although it was legally correct to say death occurred following the interruption of artificial respiration. The surgeon...
Samuel P. Huntington, professor of of government, has worked on White's police position paper with James Q. Wilson, associate professor of government. Adam Yarmolinsky, professor of law, has worked on a major fiscal speech for White. Edward J. Epstein, graduate student in Government and author of Inquest helped on a speech dealing with public safety. Richard Goodwin, speech writer for Pesident Kennedy, has also written a number of speeches for White...