SHOOTING AFFRAY IN THE CITY
' CHAEGE OP ATTEMPTED MUEDEE.
: Some', excitement./was caused in -Ghuznee Street.at 7.15 yesterday: evening by"a.shooting affray which is alleged,to' have arisen; out; bf .family .troubles.' It abpearsthataman,named'; ; Francis, Joseph 1 Martin,'.ah .'expressman,' was walking along Ghuznee .Street*.'in the vicinity of Cuba Street, when. another man' .named Joseph Williams,; a farmer, from the.north of : Auckland district, approached and, it is alleged, levelled a. revolver at him' and. fired, tho bullet grazing his shoulder. Y The wounded man'' sot off'down the street.and did riot return,to the: sconeYof the occurrence; until ho.was assured that-rio' more-shots could be'fired. Tho wound ■ is. not very.serious, but a charge of attempted, murder'will, it is stated, be,preferred against Williams at .the S.M.. Court this morning. '•■ So far as. can be ascertained, an altercation: aroso ■between, the two men,' and this culminated in tho shooting. ; The bullet was; found in .Martin's ■jumper.-'lie was wearing a navalvuniform'Yat the time. • .77 Y ;'>'■'■> '',':'"
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 679, 2 December 1909, Page 7
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155SHOOTING AFFRAY IN THE CITY Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 679, 2 December 1909, Page 7
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