THE SUFFRAGETTES.
MRS PANKHURST.
By Electric Telegraph—Copyright ' Times and Sydney Sun Services.
(Received 8 a.m.) . London, March 22
Two doctors certify to having examined Mrs Pankhnrst six days after arrest. There were numerous, bruise? on her ribs and limbs, and cuts on both ankles, one of which was swollen and discolored and was probably caused on the floor of the cab by the feet of six policemen who were .occupying the seat. THE HUNGER STRIKERS. By Electric Telegraph—Copyright '[United Press 'Association.! London, March 21. The Medical Legal Society discussed Dr. Mercier’s proposal that doctors should not be considered responsible for the deatli of a prisoner refusing substantial meals if offered. A barrister declared that there was an obligation on gaolers to see that prisoners were properly fed. Should a hunger-striker become helpless, any doctor refusing to apply the resources of science to preserve life would bp chargeable with murder.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 78, 23 March 1914, Page 5
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149THE SUFFRAGETTES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 78, 23 March 1914, Page 5
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