 Hullett died eight hours later.Shortly after Hullett's death, Adams went to a chemist's shop to get a 10cc hypodermic morphine solution (which contained 5 grains of morphine) in the name of Mr Hullett, and asked for the prescription to be back-dated to the previous day.When the police investigated the case, they presumed that this was a ruse to cover up that Adams had given Mr Hullett morphine which was assumed to be from his own private supplies.