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  • Prefacing it with the observation that, of course, I knew beforehand that there was not the faintest desire, anywhere, to hush up any part of this dreadful business, and that the Inquest was the fairest of all possible

    The Uncommercial Traveller 1861

  • Prefacing it with the observation that, of course, I knew beforehand that there was not the faintest desire, anywhere, to hush up any part of this dreadful business, and that the Inquest was the fairest of all possible Inquests, I besought four things of

    The Uncommercial Traveller Charles Dickens 1841

  • That's been true ever since 1966, when Mark Lane's "Rush to Judgment" and Edward Jay Epstein's "Inquest" came out.

    True Disbelievers 2008

  • A.d with "Inquest," a story dealing with some of the darker realities of rural life, we introduce Michael A. Black to these pages.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2003

  • A.d with "Inquest," a story dealing with some of the darker realities of rural life, we introduce Michael A. Black to these pages.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2003

  • "Inquest," the Missioner supplied with a fierce smile.

    The Altar Steps Compton MacKenzie 1927

  • Inquest into 7/7 attack hears from two policemen who were unable to leave British Transport Police HQ after explosion

    Police frustration over 'lock-down' after 7/7 bomb 2011

  • The charity Inquest said the abolition would render completely hollow the government's root-and-branch reform of the inquest system.

    Quango cut: Controversy over scrapping of Youth Justice Board Alan Travis 2010

  • Deborah Coles of Inquest, which represents the families of those that die in state custody, said she welcomed the parliamentary recognition that restraint during enforced removals was dangerous, unauthorised and potentially lethal.

    Dangerous deportation techniques may still be in use, MPs warn 2012

  • Backed by the pressure group Inquest, Adam's mother, Carol Pounder, sought a judicial review of the proceedings and in January 2009, Mr Justice Baker found that the coroner acted unlawfully, and that the physical interference with Adam was a breach of STC rules and an assault on him.

    Second inquest into death of youngest person to die in custody begins 2011

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