ALCOHOL, THE ASSASSIN
If Goode was a confirmed inebriate and a mental degenerate, how did it happen that he was allowed the freedom of a safe and reputable of the community. This is not a question which interests drink abolitionists only. It is one in which the public safety and happiness are involved. Obviously Goode ought to , have been prohibited .from drinking. Through'Dr King’s demonstration of his helplessness the feeling of the- Court is that Goode is to be detained where he will be prevented from relapsing into another act of uii-. conscious. butchery. The real offender, the murderer of Mrs Klenner and the destroyer of Goode, whose hand did the deed, is respected and protected as one of the pets of custom. The sad event at New Plymouth affords additional evidence that it is as impossible to control the vending of drink as it is to -avoid its malign influences on the acts of its victims. —“Oamaru Mail.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2469, 6 April 1909, Page 7
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159ALCOHOL, THE ASSASSIN Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2469, 6 April 1909, Page 7
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