Word: inquests
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...book is intriguing primarily because it is a good mystery story, with the who-done-it given away on the first page. Marlowe's supposed murder in a tavern brawl has troubled historians ever since the record of the inquest was located in 1925. Not until then did scholars learn that Marlowe was stabbed in the presence of three men--all notorious-spies--just before he was to go on trial, and perhaps on the rack, for atheism. Questions immediately arose over the accuracy of the inquest. Could Marlowe have died instantly from the wound described? Why was the confessed...
Peter T. Franck '58, Woodside, Cal., one of five survivors of the expedition, last night arrived in Winnipeg from Churchill, where the group remained pending decision on an inquest...
...Something." Next day, the coroner's inquest was held, and the sordid story came out. Only two days before Doris had died, her family physician examined her and said she appeared to be six weeks pregnant. The mother "wasn't very happy," pleaded with him to "do something about it," apparently so it would not block the divorce she hoped Doris would get. Doris' husband, the son of a well-heeled Chicago fuel dealer, later explained: "Doris' mother thought she was too good for any boy, including...
...inquest last week, the jury listened to the story of Leonard and James and the housewives' bargain, then issued its verdict: death by misadventure...
Ordinarily, the judge's report on the court's inquest would have been a formality. Since no one was legally responsible for the death of Professional Heavyweight Hayes ("Ed") Sanders, no one could be prosecuted. But to Chief Justice Elijah Adlow of Boston's municipal court the death of Ed Sanders (25), shortly after he was knocked out in the eleventh round of a fight with New England Champion Willie James, was still murder and the bout's spectators were party to the crime...