Doctor Paid For Classing Men Unfit
LONDON, December 16
Doctor Loyal Alan Downes, 41. and two other men were today sentenced to 18 months’ gaol for conspiracy. They Were charged with having entered into an arrangement to have men eligible for military service declared medically unfit by Dr. Downes, who was an army medical examiner, upon payment of a consideration. The medical report before the court concerning Downes said that he was unable to resist temptations of this nature because of over-indulgence in alcohol.
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Northern Advocate, 17 December 1942, Page 5
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