£787 DAMAGES
TAKEiSJ TO ASYLUM IN ./• : MISTAKE
'-■' <Pr6m "The Port's" . Representative.) .■■'■■■■•■■'" !LOiS TD6N, February 23. .. . Mrs,. Broad, of Esmond iKoad, Chiswiekjlwas was forcibly removed to a mental hospital two months ago in mistake for- another womanj. is-to receive £787' 10k compensation and £26 5s for solicitors' costs. ■ This;. announcement-was made at a meeting of the Middlesex County Council yesterday, as'being the terms of the settlement. Of- an action brought against the council by, Mrs, 'Broad for. damages for assault trespass, and false imprisonment. ~..........: Mrs. -Broad'si husband was iii South Africa, on business at the-time, and she was living at home with her■three-.child,-ien. An ambulance drew up at her dooiand two men asked her if she was '^Mrs. —." She was then seized by the arms and1 taken to the ambulance. Mrs. Broad had been taken to the hospital and her clothing removed before her identity was established, and she was then released. "
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 72, 26 March 1934, Page 11
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151£787 DAMAGES Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 72, 26 March 1934, Page 11
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