DOCTOR CHARGED
INACCURACY ALLEGED CERTIFICATES CONFLICT (P.A.) DUNEDIN, April 10. In the City Police Court yesterday, Robert Findlay Allan, a medical practitioner, was charged with suppyling incorrect or misleading particulars relating to an application by Philip Idour for a motor driver’s license. It was alleged that in support of his application Idour submitted a certificate given by Dr. Allan,- who had examined him on October 2 for / the purpose of man-power requirements to the effect that he had cardiac disease and was not fit for heavy work. At the same time he produced a later certificate from Dr. Allan which stated that the pulsations of the heart were natural and the sounds ihose of health. After considerable evidence had been heard, counsel for the defence submitted that a prosecution would not lie in law because the opinion given was the defendant’s opinion and no matter how unsound it might be it was his opinion and removed from misrepresentation. The hearing was adjourned till Monday.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21066, 10 April 1943, Page 2
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