The Doctor Died Too
\V HEN Dr. George Henry Lamson was tried for murder at the Old Bailey in March, 1882, the jury found him guilty. Nevertheless, all the ends were not neatly tidied away, and some listeners will probably be left in a state of reasonable doubt when they hearm the trial reconstructed in one of the BBC series Let Justice Be Done from 4YZ at 9.35 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21. Dr. Lamson was in financial need and stood to gain a great deal if his brother-in-law died before reaching his majority. \On a visit to the boy, who was an incurable invalid, the doctor brought him a cake and some capsules. The boy ate some of the cake, as did others present, took one of the capsules and died soon afterwards. At the! trial the defence cast doubt on much of the medical evidence, which was mainly circumstantial, and though many theories were advanced later as to how Dr. Lamson administered the poison, if indeed he did so, the mystery was never completely solved.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 671, 16 May 1952, Page 11
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177The Doctor Died Too New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 671, 16 May 1952, Page 11
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