turned into divorce _a vinculo_ on the motion of either party at the expiration of two years; and (_d_) County Court jurisdiction. “_Judge Tindal Atkinson._--Would you give no damages against the co-respondent? “_The Witness._--I think it rather a barbarous custom. “Then you leave the co-respondent without punishment?--I do not think you leave him without punishment. He has social exposure. I think it is more desirable to give no damages than to suggest that a man can get another’s wife by paying for her. “In reply to Mr. Burt, the witness said he did not think the Assize Courts a good alternative to the County Courts.” EVIDENCE OF MR. ATHERLEY-JONES. Mr. Atherley-Jones, K.C., M.P., said he prepared a Bill some years ago dealing with divorce. He came to the conclusion that subject to limitations the conditions which now enabled a person to obtain judicial separation should thenceforward be able to obtain divorce _a vinculo_. His view was that jurisdiction over certain areas might be conferred upon Judges selected from the County Courts. APPENDIX B CORONERS The functions of a coroner are not, of course, peculiarly confined to death inquisitions. They extend to inquiries in connection with treasure trove, though the infrequency of such inquiries naturally helps to obscure the coroner’s dual _rôle_ from the general public. The following paragraph supplies a recent instance of an inquiry in respect of treasure trove: AN INQUEST ON COINS “The coroner for the Thorpe division of Suffolk is to hold an inquest to decide between two claims for the coins which were recently found on the shore at Thorpeness, Suffolk. The Treasury claim them as buried treasure, and the Receiver of Wrecks claims them as having been washed ashore. “Two black cinerary urns containing bones, a red earthenware Roman vessel, and a black earthenware vessel, barrel-shaped and of drinking tumbler size, were discovered on Saturday. It is thought that the site of an old Roman burial-ground has been found. Throughout yesterday hundreds of people visited Thorpeness on foot and by cycle, in motorcars, and on horseback.”--_Daily Mail_, April 10th, 1911. * * * * * The senseless character, which a coroner’s inquest can sometimes assume, is well brought out in a South American mummy case of a dozen years ago: