No fee allowed: Lunatic Asylum; Public Hospital or Infirmary (including Cottage Hospitals).
Fee usually allowed: Prison; Parochial Infirmary.
Where the deceased was “brought in dead,” the usual fees may be claimed by medical officers of institutions.
Travelling expenses seldom can be due to medical witnesses at inquests.
In criminal cases the Treasury may send down recognized experts.
Fees: For giving medical evidence after inspecting the body: ONE GUINEA.
For giving evidence after performing a necropsy in accordance with the Coroner’s order (or upon direction of the majority of the jury): TWO GUINEAS.
Fine: FIVE POUNDS is the penalty for disobeying the Coroner’s instructions.
2. CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS.
(Vide Home Office Order as to allowances for professional evidence in criminal prosecutions, 1903.)