Article January 8, 1910 Issue

At Mount Holly, N. J., Dec. 16, by request of the public...

Boston Transcript

At Mount Holly, N. J., Dec. 16, by request of the public prosecutor, the Burlington county court entered a nolle prosequi in the case of Edwin M. Watson and his wife, who were convicted on a charge of manslaughter in May, 1908, for refusing to summon a physician for their seven-year-old son, who was ill with pneumonia, preferring to rely upon Christian Science methods. Following their conviction the case was carried to the state supreme court, which ordered a new trial on the ground that the trial judge had erred in his charge to the jury. In making the motion for the nolle prosequi, the prosecutor said he was convinced that it would be impossible to secure a conviction that would be sustained if the accused parents were tried a second time. The case excited great interest among Christian Scientists throughout the country, and many of them attended the trial and aided the defendants financially and otherwise.

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