STRYCHNINE SYMPTOMS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 May 1930, Page 4

STRYCHNINE SYMPTOMS.

MEDICAL EVIDENCE IN MURDER .TRIAL. (By Telegraph—Presw Association.) AUCKLAND, This Day. The twelfth day ol the trial of Arthur Munn, charged with the murder of his wife, was entered upon tofday, when evidence for the defence was continued. Dr. Kenneth Mackenzie said he could not conceive any normal person taking more than one dose cf was possible in the case of suicide, but not in the case ef murder. Dr. W. H. Parkes said he once accidentally took a substantial amount "of strychnine and he had volunteered to give evidence. Witness described his convulsion. He said' that, from the first to the last of-the convulsions the attack lasted about two hours. He was normal after four hours.

Cross-examined by Mr Northcroft, he said there was no strict rule about the duration of attacks. The bitter*ness of strychnine was so great that there could- be no mistake. It was albout six minutes jaftef taking the 'strychnine that he felt numb and five minutes later the first convulsion came. A surveyor gave evidence that, lying in bed where Mrs Munn lay, hit found it fairly easy to open the drawer in which the strychnine was afterwards found.

The Crown I'roeecutor Jecalled Mrs Brown, a neighbour of the Munns, who denied that she had a' quarrel with Mrs Munn. " Dr. Dudding was also recalled. The court then adjourned till Monday, when counsel's addresses will be heard. The jury is to visit the Munn home