DISCHARGED AMID CHEERS.
$ YOUTH WHO 'SHOT AN ESCAPED CONVICT. By Telegraph—Press Association— Oopyrieht London, October 13. The Oxford undergraduate, Bateman, who was charged with tlio manslaughter of an escaped prisoner named Jones, near tho Ruthin (Wales) prison, was brought before the Police Court, and discharged, amid cheers. Jones was ambushed by Bateman and two companions, but showed fight with a pair of shears, refusing to surrender. Ho was shot in the less/mid died twenty minutes later. At the inquest Bateman gave evidence that he fiTed at Jones out of fear, believing that Jones had a revolver, |
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1881, 15 October 1913, Page 7
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96DISCHARGED AMID CHEERS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1881, 15 October 1913, Page 7
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