Hi List I have a ancestor who commited suicide on a railway track back in 1931 weymouth, i have the press cuttings , he died with thousands of pounds and cheques on him , the press mentions the money ,but not what happened to it . The police would have held it ,i suppose at first , would a coroners court record show what happened to it or how it was processed by the law . I have not yet located if he had a wife etc , but he had siblings . G.Hodge

gary hodge wrote: > Hi List > > I have a ancestor who commited suicide on a railway track back in 1931 > weymouth, i have the press cuttings , he died with thousands of pounds > and cheques on him , the press mentions the money ,but not what happened > to it . > > The police would have held it ,i suppose at first , would a coroners > court record show what happened to it or how it was processed by the law There's unlikely to be an extant coroner's report as they are his to destroy after 15 years whilst cases of note are closed for 75 years. However, it is still worth contacting the record office (Dorset Studies in Dorchester) to see if they have any extant records. The press reports would carry as much, if not more, information than the coroner's report. > I have not yet located if he had a wife etc , but he had siblings . If the money was legally found to be his, then it would be distributed amongst his siblings if he had no parents still living. Have you checked for a will? -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk