THE GREAT UNPAID.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 404, 31 October 1874, Page 3

THE GREAT UNPAID.

(To the Editor.) Sin, — For what practical use are fiie'Gfreat' • Unpaid? Have the, majority of,, them' any brains ? Can they be trusted ? If so, why not make use of them ?. . You were informed by telegram of the sad termination .to .poor, . Ned. Well, do you know however anxious the poor fellow seemed to be to quit f this, world, those who had the. power to get' his body speedily|clisposcd of, were frightfully dilatory about their business. His body was allowed to lie little short of four days before an inquest was held upon it, Had Roxburgh boen an isolated place, and a Justice of the 1 Peace not to be found within fifty milc3, or had the circumstances attending Morrison's death been at all suspicious, then there might have been some excuse for the delay, but seeing we have two J.P's and, a medical practitioner, who is also a Justice of the Peace, I think the delay iv the holding of the inquest wasquiteunwarsantable.infactalmoßtcriminal, If Mr. Simpson, the District Coroner, , could not attend sooner, as in all> probability he could not, surely he could have delegated his powers to a J.P. if they have not power to act otherwise, or some other means could have been adopted, rather than keeping the body, till it reached a great .state, of decomposition. If, I ask again, the Great, Unpaid cannot act in a case hke the one described, what .upon earth is the use of them ?— I am,,sjc.,,_ ; Humanity. Roxburgh, Thursday, October 29th. '