FALSE CHARGE AGAINST A DOCTOR.
■■■-■ii fj At Kells, recently, the magistrates were engaged in hearing a charge of indecent assault brought against Or Sparrow, medical officer of Kells, by a patient named Kate Murphy. After the girl bad been examined at considerable length, the magistrate unanimously dismissed the case, and held Dr Sparrow free from any imputation. Ihe defendant's counsel said had the case proceeded, Dr Sparrow had in the court many witnesses, medical and others, who could have estahlished beyond a doubt that the doctor had simply done his plain duty as a medical v an. It was* counsel added, comforting to Dr Sparrow, when such an unfortunate charge was made against him, to find himself surrounded and supported by his hor.ourable colleagues as he was that day. One of the risks of the noble profession of medicine was to have false charges made against physicians by hysterical and designing females patients. Such a charge oniy the other day in England cost an innocent man his life. — World
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 91, 14 April 1883, Page 3
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