Hi Bob, I hope I've understood your enquiry correctly, but a Coroner does not 'issue' a death certificate, he sends details of his post-mortem findings to the Registrar who enters them on the registration of death. If the death was registered by a family member or someone present at death, the cause would be whatever the Coroner certified. No entries on a certificate can be altered, but if an amendment is necessary there is a separate column to enter the details. I doubt that a Coroners findings would be amended. The Coroner only decides on the cause of death, not how it was caused. That would be for a civil inquest and their findings would have no effect on the death registration. Regards, Colin ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob To: DUR-NBL Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 10:12 PM Subject: [DUR-NBL] Coroners Report I have came across a death certificate issued by a Coroner stating death was due to Burns. Could this cause of death, on the Death Certificate be change or is it absolute I believe the there was a charge of manslaughter brought against the other person but was found not guilty. Bob

The 1874 Act states in section 16; !6. Where an inquest is held on any dead body the jury shall inquire of the particulars required to be registered concerning the death, and the coroner shall send to the registrar , within five days after the finding of the jury is given, a certificate under his hand, giving information concerning the death and specifying the time and place at which the inquest was was held, and the registrar shall in the prescribed form and manner enter the death and particulars. If the death has been previously registered the said particulars shall be entered in the prescribed manner without any alteration of the original entry. Stan On 17 April 2011 02:01, Colin Cruddace <c.cruddace@ntlworld.com> wrote: > Hi Bob, > > I hope I've understood your enquiry correctly, but a Coroner does not 'issue' a death certificate, he sends details of his post-mortem findings to the Registrar who enters them on the registration of death. If the death was registered by a family member or someone present at death, the cause would be whatever the Coroner certified. No entries on a certificate can be altered, but if an amendment is necessary there is a separate column to enter the details. I doubt that a Coroners findings would be amended. > > The Coroner only decides on the cause of death, not how it was caused. That would be for a civil inquest and their findings would have no effect on the death registration. > > Regards, > Colin > >  ----- Original Message ----- >  From: Bob >  To: DUR-NBL >  Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 10:12 PM >  Subject: [DUR-NBL] Coroners Report > > >  I have came across a death certificate issued by a Coroner stating death was due to Burns. > >  Could this cause of death, on the Death Certificate be change or is it absolute > >  I believe the there was a charge of manslaughter brought against the other person but was found not guilty. > >  Bob > >  ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > To Post a message to this list send it to, > DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > List Web Page > http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUR-NBL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >