A YOUTH'S DOWNFALL.
VICTIM OF THE DRUG HABIT. ■ --._i—: >♦— : ; '•: ■ CPer Press Association). . ''.-■' " ; CHRISTCHURCH, July 21,. Williarri'; John Grpsse, aged It' years, a dentist's assistant, pleaded" guilty at the Court to-day to sixteen charges of breaking , and entering and theft, /and was committed to- the > Supreme Court for sentence. It was stated that Grosse was n victim to the drug habit, acquired when employed- as a dentist. ; . He was in the habit of injectiaig cocaine and morphine, and when under *he influence' of the drug was in a «.«te of abnormal excitement, leading bun to undue physical activity, while his moral standards were destroyed. When arrested Grosse. had a loaded revolver in his pocket,. and at Hsresidence the police found -a jemmy and electric borer, adapted for opening safes. ■_ -•
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Grey River Argus, 22 July 1910, Page 6
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