“BOY “SPOOFS” DOCTORS. “I’m not responsible for any of my actions,” cheerfully observed a boy of thirteen, when charged at Grimsby with theft. He was an inmate of the workhouse, and the master told the Bench that the lad w’as morally defective. He had the wander lust and absconded about twice a week, while he also robbed the nurses and other people. He was sent to a home for mental defectives, but shammed epileptic fits so cleverly that he deceived the doctors, and was returned .os an “unsuitable case” for that institution. “Ho is a clever mimic and much brighter than ho pretends to be,” said the master. The Bench bound the boy over so that he might be sent to an industrial school should ho offend again, . imm i auiiftJLi.A. .nolgttti
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1844, 19 June 1920, Page 10
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