POSED AS A DOCTOR
SWEEPER AT NURSING HOME
LONDON, November 28
Charged at West Ham with having falsely pretended to be a doctor, Char, les John Powell, 21, of London, was fined £sr
The prosecution stated that Powell was n hospital attendant. He had had some medical education. He was appointed surgeon in the liner Port Denison, bound for Australia, by the Commonwealth and Dominion Line, to whom lie'applied under the name and qualifications of “Dr. Duncan Pick.” Powell attended a number of patients during the voyage, but nothing, untoward Imppened. He arrived in Australia in June, and returne|d to England in August as “Dr. Pick,” aboard the company’s steamer Port Arthur, in order to attend the captain, who was suffering Prom heart disease.
Powell gave the captain good treatment, ulndejr the direction of other doctors. Later he wrote to the company admitting that he was not “Di Pick.” •
The Magistrate: This man, whose job is sweeping out a nursing home, posed as a doctor on long voyages to and from Australia. If anything had happened to the patients he might have, been charged with manslaughter.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 November 1931, Page 3
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