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Evening Star, Issue 4269, 1 November 1876, Page 2

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brought Wwolin Burt whilfrtan Asylum, of-which institution the {g sopenntendent. .The for theplaintifl **«« solely upon his own statement. The evidence 01 Alumtao, generally speaking, urnot admissable. rt i° events that place during of lunacy. P lO plaintiff,prbbaWy in excessive seal “doavored to ooaitooe' me that the WM unbroperly end illegally detained in that even if he were mad he vwi 22S?JP*w« to ?f v oof assaults committed EiL^iLn the Anlnm, and I can searpely believe that the learned counsel could have bbenseriousdn his eontentionthat the plaintiff's unsupported evidence, contradicted aa it was in every materlal particnlar. 'khculd*influence : my'ludgm«it. -Tfr-ls-quite-right that fall icqairyehonld be made into any alleged abuses in public instithtiohs.particularly where tha liberty"of the subject is affected. Mr Hume, in* stead.'however, of feeling indignation; IhmdMlta proud to find that after such an investigation |uo fair fame of the Dunedin Lunatic Asylum, width he has conducted so maty yshn, bill not be lessened through tfabee- proceemngs,an4 that bis own deservedly acknowledged reputa. tion for kindness and. humanity will probably stand higher than before they were taken. After dua consideration of the whole evidence, X *w» convinced not only i that the defendant was suffering from delusional insanity at the time of his admiaaion to the Asylom, bnt that the subject matter of his -complaint is part and parcel of the name disease and simply a delusion. My judgment will tharal £f v b , e , for , the defendant, with Hr*®! Cook, defendant’s counsel, elected to be nonsuited.