22 JULY 1955, Page 14

SIR,—Your leading article in this week's edi- tion seems to

me so indefensibly foolish that I am ceasing my subscription.

I deplore hanging as much as you do---but so long as it is the law, a reprieve for R. Ellis would be an insult to all women. She com- mitted a deliberate murder for the most despicable and unforgivable of all reasons.— Yours faithfully, Beech Walk, Honiton, Devon

R. MARKER