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