Of Scotland Yardxx-xx-xx xxx Kindly Doctor

his tribe Brooke. One service who opt and we take for our subject to case, which is not really one of the secrets of Scotland Yard. Today's subject, for instance, which we call the case of the Kindly Doctor.

Begin with it took place some 90 years ago in 1859. Put away Percy, how old is Scotland Yard? It's a good deal older than that kind. In fact, you can trace his history right back to the Bow Street runners.

One of these days we might tell the story how Scotland Yard began. That's a good idea for him. But Scotland Yard didn't come into the case of Dr. Thomas Smithers. In fact, from the point of view of the priest, the case of the kindly doctor was all too simple.

Oh, when the trial began, or rather the trials, the fur really started to fly. The trials of Dr. Smithers were among the classics of English legal history. When you hear his story, I think you'll agree that Dr. Smithers was the kind of doctor whose bedside manner was certainly quite unique.

Such a nice, kind. The Central Criminal Court, the old Bailey London, 3rd of the 7th of July, 1859. Dr. Thomas Smithers discharged with a willful murder of Isabella Banks. Mr. Sergeant Valentine makes the opening speech for the crown.

The charge I am about to be thorough is one of the most serious characters. The allegation is that the accused of the bath took away the life of a fellow creature by poison. The accused is a man of information and learning, and he avails himself of the knowledge he possesses, and made use of a slow and irritant poison, which he administered himself.