Hi Barbara - the answer is No - not sure when this changed but certainly in the 1800's this was the case. regards, Pam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara OConnor" <maurie777@ozemail.com.au> To: <aus-vic-geelong-district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Drowning > Just out of curiosity, would there have been an inquest if the body had > not > been recovered? > > Barbara > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District > http://zades.com.au > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message