THE HUNGER STRIKERS.
THEIR LIVES MUST BE CONSERVED By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 22, 5.5 p.m. London, March 21. The Medical Legal Society discussed Mercier's proposal that doctors should not be considered responsible for llio death 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 be chargeable with murder.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 252, 23 March 1914, Page 5
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82THE HUNGER STRIKERS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 252, 23 March 1914, Page 5
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