"WITHOUT A STAIN."
• JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE. Bj Teleerarh—Press Association—CoDrrlsK Sydney, Xpril 27. The. : young man Donaldson was charged with the murder of. his', father near Inverell" in December last. • Accused's counsel pleaded 'justifiable homicide.
; The judge directed the jury to return a formal verdict of not guilty) and discharged accused without a stain on his character. J
. [The tragedy at Inverell. (341 miles north of Sydney) was thus reported in a cablegram . last December: "A, settler named Donaldson got into debt through wagering'on a boxing contest in which his son was engaged, and in a fit of moroseness, attempted to shoot some members of his family, who lived on his son's farm. " A- daughter . was wounded, but not .seriously; and -.another shot, aimed at the girl's mother, missed.' Young Donaldson ■ then ob-: tained a gun and -exchanged shots with his father. The latter ran away, but was found later, dead, having been shot twice in the back.' ] ,
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 803, 28 April 1910, Page 7
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156"WITHOUT A STAIN." Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 803, 28 April 1910, Page 7
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