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Crowner Bowles

The local coroner.

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First appearance: the maid of sker

Crowner Bowles shows up with force in The Coroner and the Coronet. The page is where that presence becomes real.

English coroner who initially refuses to hold inquest on black men, but changes his mind upon discovering a coronet on the infant's clothes.
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In The Coroner and the Coronet: English coroner who initially refuses to hold inquest on black men, but changes his mind upon discovering a coronet on the infant's clothes. Later, in In Accordance with the Evidence:…

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CLColonel LougherSPSir Philip Bam…MRMaster Roger B…CRCaptain Rodney…MDMiss DelushyCBCrowner Bowles

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