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Thursday, November 04, 2010

Question from Nancy - Investigating a murder in Henry VIII's reign

When there was a murder in Henry VIII's time, who investigated it: the coroner, the justice of the peace or the constable? How did these officials work together or overlap--if they did?
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1 comment:

  1. shtoveNovember 19, 2010 10:21 PM

    Good question.

    This is the best starting point:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutes_of_the_Lawes_of_England

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