ATTEMPTED MURDER.
Dunedin, Tliis day. John Doyle, a man following the occupation of a carpenter nt a farm in the Lake Wanaka district, was arrested hist Thursday on a charge of having fired a revolver at "one Angus J Robertson, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. It seems that tho men were just about retiring between 11 and 12 o'clock on Wednesday night, when Doyle suddenly rushed out of his room with a revolver, and, presenting it elo.se to Robertson's head, pulled the trigger. The cap snapped, but fortunately the chamber was empty. Finding this, Doyle made a rush at Robertson's face with the weapon, and hit him a nasty blow. The revolver was taken from the assailant by a witness of the assault. On examination it was found that the revolver was loaded in three chambers, the others being empty. The hammer falling one one of the latter undoubtedly saved Robertson's life, as the muzzle was held within a few inches of his head.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3625, 23 February 1883, Page 3
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167ATTEMPTED MURDER. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3625, 23 February 1883, Page 3
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