AN ASYLUM SCANDAL
ADELAIDE, August 27. The Royal Commission to inquire into the management of Parkside Lunatic Asylum found that some criminal lunatics i »vere allowed extraordinary privileges, sn«b as haTrioag -whole days away from tbs asylum and attendance at theatres. One inmate, who had been sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment for highway rob- | bery, and who became a patient, had had ! ' as many as 20 drinks while out with the ' attendant. | The Commission recommended more strict control and a Tigid system of in- j ?pection. I
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Otago Witness, Issue 2894, 1 September 1909, Page 19
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87AN ASYLUM SCANDAL Otago Witness, Issue 2894, 1 September 1909, Page 19
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