Burns Inquiry

The Burns Inquiry (or Committee of Inquiry into Hunting with Dogs in England and Wales) was a Government committee set up to examine the facts in the debate in the United Kingdom about fox hunting and other forms of hunting with dogs.

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    There’s nought but care on ev’ry han’,
    In ev’ry hour that passes, O:
    What signifies the life o’ man,
    An’ ‘twere na for the lasses, O.
    —Robert Burns (1759–1796)

    Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.
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