Cover image for Register of Fees paid in Connection with Convicts' Deaths.
Series:
Register of Fees paid in Connection with Convicts' Deaths.
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Access:
Open
Start Date:
01 Jul 1844
End Date:
28 Feb 1850
Creating Agency:
01 Jan 181831 Dec 1877
Series notes:
The fees were paid chiefly to coroners for inquests on convicts' deaths, but also to surgeons for post-mortems, to carpenters for coffins, to carriers for transport, and so on. In the case of inquests, the date and place it was held, the name and ship of the convict, the name of the coroner and his fee are given.

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