GRAHAMSTOWN.
July 6. An inquest was held yesterday on the body of a boy named Duckley, who was shot at the rifle gallery a few days ago, and who died. It appears that the boy was looking on at the firing, and the proprietor, a colored man named Clements, playfully pointed a gun, an American pea rifle, at him. The hammer of the weapon being defective, it went off, shooting the boy in the left breast. Blood spurted out, and the little fellow was conveyed to the hospital. Several attempts were made to extract the bullet, which was only the size of a pea, but without success. The post mortem examination revealed that it had pierced the left lung, and the doctors thiak it lodged in the muscles of the back. The jury
returned a verdict of accidental death, with a rider deprecating the use of such weapons in public places.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3127, 6 July 1881, Page 3
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