Pbotidextial ICscAPE. —Mr Cobley, professorof mudc, was last night looking «t a pair of pistols* ot his, when a friend took one of them up, placed a cap on the nipple, and, without looking to seowhether it was loaded or not, tired in the direction of Mr Cobley, tho contents consisting of a full charge of powder and three bullets, passing wxthiu a few inches of that gentleman, and lod«mgin the chimney-piece; lhepistol.it appeal bad been loaded about tire years. The gentleman who need the pistol, of course, was r.olawar*. it was, loaded, and merely intended to (ire a cap
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 8, Issue 402, 13 August 1866, Page 4
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100Untitled Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 8, Issue 402, 13 August 1866, Page 4
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