XPost: uk.politics.misc, alt.talk.royalty   
   From: banana@REMOVE_THIS.borve.demon.co.uk   
      
   In article <1153696139.589502.139190@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,   
   volcaran  writes   
      
   >banana wrote:   
   >> In article <1153636550.886062.302210@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,   
   >> volcaran  writes   
   >>   
   >> >ron_winn wrote:   
   >> >> Isn't a bit late in the day to have decided it was too much for him.   
   >> >> His suggestion of his replacement being a judicial figure  is   
   >> >> interesting. Legal issues involved, eh.   
   >> >   
   >> >By law a coroner is required to be either a barrister, solicitor or a   
   >> >qualified medical practioner.   
   >>   
   >> Yes but coroners are not "senior judicial figures". Most of them are   
   >> lower-flight solicitors. Very few are barristers or medics.   
   >   
   >John Burton, of course, was both.   
      
   True. According to his obituary in a quacks' rag, he read law "with the   
   aim of being appointed a London whole time coroner". Unusual...   
      
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