RICOCHET THE CAUSE
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Wounding by Young Man By Bullet
(By Telegraph-
AUCKLAND, Last Night. Inquiries prosecuted by the police have discounted any suggestion that the malicious diseharge of a rifle may. have .been responsible for tlie wounding of Francis Sandin, aged 20 years, who received an injury to his skull when he was struck hy a 'bullet at Papakura on Sunday afternoon. Sandin was milking cows on his father 's farm when a bullet struck hira on the head, lodging near the brain. It was removed, and he is making satisfactory progress. Police at Auckland are satisfied the incident was accidental. It is considered probable that the injury was caused by a ricochet bullet from a rifle whicfi was being nsed hy a man to shoot birds some 800 yards away.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 63, 7 December 1937, Page 5
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