ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
HINDS SHOOTING CASE. (By Telegraph.—Prcßfi Association.) Ashburton, June 20. An inquest was held yesterday afternoon regarding the shooting fatality in tho Hinds district. Margaret Butterick, wife of tho deceased (Albert Butterick), stated that her husband left' home, after breakfast, in his usual cheerful way, with a dray for tho purpose of loading hay for the live stock. She did not know that her husband had taken his gun with him. There were no family or financial troubles. L. M. Noble, a neighbouring farmer, stated that, tau being called by deceased's son, ho found tho body in a paddock a quarter of a mile from the homestead. Both barrels of the gun had been discharged, and the gun was lying in a position indicating that it had been accidentally discharged, as there was a pipe (filled with tobacco) and matches lying closo by. A week previously deceased, in conversation with witness, stated that the gun was, defective in the locks, and that he intended having it repaired. After hearing medical evidence this morning, a verdict of accidental deatli was returned.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1782, 21 June 1913, Page 6
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182ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1782, 21 June 1913, Page 6
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