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AUCKLAND MURDER TRIAL. DOCTORS’ EVIDENCE. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, May 17. The murder trial, which opened on Monday, is expected to last well into next week. This morning Dr Gilmour, pathologist, said that the only possible conclusion was that Mrs Munn died of strychnine poisoning. She must have had a dose on February 4 to produce the attack described by Airs Gill, and another dose on February 11 to produce a fatal result. He concluded that the woman had had a bad doso between the two visits of the doctor on the Triday. Answering the foreman of the jury, witness said that a severe dose would cause convulsions, but a small dose might only cause twitching. Dr Milsom also gave evidence, and was cross-examined by Mr Northcroft, who sought to show that Airs Alunn might have taken strychnine herself for an unlawful purpose, even though she was mistaken regarding her condition. The doctor said that he had never heard of strychnine being taken for such purposes.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 145, 19 May 1930, Page 2
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