In a long and distinguished career, Judge Hackett had every right to believe he had seen just about everything there was to see in regards to evidence of the commission of a crime. Now, all this business about false teeth, a missing homeless drunk, a corpse with a pickled liver, teetotallers and alcoholics, as well as roughly compiled and incomplete lists shoved under doors was, collectively, as confusing and as hypothetical as any evidence he had ever seen. Despite Rose’s obvious urgency and enthusiasm, he was not going to be pushed or cajoled into making such an important decision without first giving due consideration to the implications.
If he were to grant the request, how would the exhumation be handled? The police would have to be informed, in which case it was a certainty his invo
