BOY ALLOWED TO DIE
TRAGEDY OF RELIGIOUS
SCRUPLES,
{ONITM PRESS ASSOCIATION.— COPIWOHT ) (ABSTRAUAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
(Received 3rd December, 9 a.m.) LONDON, 2nd December. Henry Purkiss and his wife, both members of the sect known as "the Peculiar People, has been committed for trial on a charge of the manslaughter of their thrSe years old son, by neglecting to provide proper medical aid. It was stated that the child died from laryngeal diphtheria, and that if anti-toxin had been administered his life would have been saved. The parents, who stated that they had not secured a doctor because it was against their faith, called In two elders of the sect to lay hands on and to anoint and pray for the child.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 133, 3 December 1923, Page 7
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122BOY ALLOWED TO DIE Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 133, 3 December 1923, Page 7
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