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The first Coroner of Singapore under the Second Charter of Justice (granted by Letters Patent on 27 November 1826) was Mr Andrew Farquhar. He was appointed by the Resident Councillor Mr. K. Murchis
on on 17 December 1827 on a salary of 100 Rupees per month. The appointment was confirmed on 22 December 1827.

'In January 1929, Mr Andrew Farquhar fell ill, and in asking the Resident Councill
or to grant him six months' leave, he wrote:

"Being strongly advised by the Doctor to leave this Settlement for change of air, may I request your permission to allow me to proceed to Java in th
e "Mercury", and to grant me leave of absence on account of sickness for six months, the Doctor's Certificate herewith I beg leave to enclose.

Mr J. Clark, with your permission, will officiate f
or me during my absence, and he will be ready to subscribe to the usual oath at any time you may be pleased to adminster to him.

A. Farquhar, Coroner. Singapore, 19 January 1929"

This requ
est was complied with and the proposed arrangements approved. Andrew Farquhar died not long after.'

From: "The Coroner in Early Singapore (1819 - 1869)" HeinOnline 14 Malaya Law Review, 1972 pp. 10
3 - 140.

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    Day of death February 27, 1829

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      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
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