NRS-5607 | Reports of coroners' inquests [Judge Advocate's Office]

The volumes contain reports from coroners on inquests held throughout the colony, including a few held in Van Diemen's Land. The deaths were mostly caused by drowning, apoplexy or a "Visitation of God". There are also occasional murders, thieves killed in the course of a robbery and spearings by Aborigines (mostly in the Bathurst district). Later reports for June 1828 are located at 2/8290 (microfilm copy SR Reel 2233), also in the ARK*. The volumes have been indexed by State Records - entries have been made for the deceased and witnesses but not for the jurors or coroners. A list of entries made for each volume is located in the front of each. The index entries were also on cards which were interfiled in a card index, a copy of which is available on microfilm SR Reels 1250-1251 at Western Sydney. (2/8286-89; microfilm copy SR Reels 2232-2233). 4 vols.See Inquests & coronial records guide for an item list.Note:This description, as amended, is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.

本批卷宗收录了验尸官（coroner）针对整个殖民领地范围内开展的死因调查（inquest）所出具的报告，其中少量调查于范迪门地（Van Diemen's Land）开展。死者死因多为溺水、脑卒中（apoplexy）或“神意灾劫（Visitation of God）”。案例中亦偶见谋杀、劫杀过程中毙命的窃贼，以及遭原住民（Aborigines）以矛刺杀致死的案件（此类案件多发生于巴瑟斯特区）。1828年6月的后续报告馆藏于2/8290号档案（缩微胶片副本为SR胶片2233），同时亦收录于ARK*中。本批卷宗已由州档案管理机构（State Records）编制索引：索引条目涵盖死者与证人信息，但未包含陪审员及验尸官的相关内容。每卷卷宗的条目清单均置于卷首。上述索引条目亦被制作为索引卡片，并编入卡片索引系统，其副本以缩微胶片形式收录于西悉尼馆藏的SR胶片1250至1251号（对应档案编号2/8286-89，缩微胶片副本为SR胶片2232-2233）。本批卷宗共计4卷，完整条目清单可参阅《死因调查与验尸档案指南》（Inquests & coronial records guide）。备注：本说明经修订后摘编自《新南威尔士州档案馆简明指南》第三版（2000年出版）。