HOMICIDE BY MISADVENTURE.
Ihe danger of trespassing on private property fs illustrated by a case which took place at Prahan, a suburb of Melbourne. Mr R. B. Cross found a man m bli garden who he ftuepeo'ei was bent on stealing fiwls. He seized an old musket, and, confronting the intruder, •■ked him wlnt heVanted. On receiving no reply, h« made a stroke at him with the gun which went off, the charge lodging | m the man's groin. Cross conveyed the wounded man to the Alfred Hospital, •nd then Informed the police of the occurrence He aays that he wan unaware that the gun was loaded. The man, whose name is John Shaw, a resident of Prahran, died the tame afternoon. He said he had iisdo a short cut aorops Orcfla' premie es for the purpose of obtaining a gla>s of beer at an hotel, Cross was ! arrested, but -admitted to bail, and at the ooroner'e inquest a verdict cf " Accidentally shot while treipasslog" WW returned,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1461, 20 January 1887, Page 3
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166HOMICIDE BY MISADVENTURE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1461, 20 January 1887, Page 3
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