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 A Sequence in Crime. Mclntyrc & Sons and requested the clerk to put up two dozen capsules of oil of sandal wood. It was explained to him that it would take some time, possibly half an hour, to prepare them, whereupon Harris, being, as

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morphine, divided into six capsules. Power, the drug clerk, it was proved, carefully read it over, went to a poison closet and obtained the morphine, then placed a one-grain weight upon the scales and sufficient of the

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he said, pressed for time, declined to wait, and stated that he would take six only, if they could be put up for him immediately. The remainder he promised to call for next day. He then took from his pocket a pre scription, signed "C. W. H., Medical Student." This called for twenty-five grains of sulphate of quinine and one of sulphate of

drug to balance it. He then called the at tention of the second clerk, Manson, to this fact, and Manson verified it. This checking process was required by office rules in all cases where poisons were used. The quinine was then measured, and the mixture stirred in a mortar. On one of the scale pans a capsule was placed, together with a weight