NO SYMPTOMS.
Doctors , Examination of Fox. INSANITY OR EPILEPSY. (Received 10 a.m.) , LONDON, March 27. The "Daily Telegraph" learns that the prison medical officers failed to discover any symptoms of insanity or epilepsy about Henry Fox, convicted of the murder of his mother and sentenced to death for the crime. A message received from London on March 26 stated that the Home Office liad exercised a rarely-used prerogative in demanding reports from the prison doctors regarding the mental condition of Henry Fox, sentenced to death for the murder of his mother. If unsoundness of mind were suggested, and if a Royal Commission found, that that was upheld Fox was to be reprieved. The authorities wero influenced by the fact that he was discharged from the army during the war because he was subject to epileptic fits, probably as the result of war experiences.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 74, 28 March 1930, Page 7
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143NO SYMPTOMS. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 74, 28 March 1930, Page 7
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