SHOOTING FATALITY.
FOCI. HANDLING OF FI REA II .MS. [ill TKLKUItAPII I’KH I’RKSS ASSOCIATION.] lil.TI I A.M . July A -eilsat iuiail -hooting aeeidciil v.liieh on lined at .Maiig.iinmgi oil Nitunlay night, resulted in the i n-1 :inLanenos death of I’ati uk le o Met 001. aged Id. It appear- that deica-ed and his elder i'l'other. Jan Met 001. aged 18, were tindie-MUg t*r led "hen Jamc- picked up a Hint! le harrelle.l shotgun, present id i: at In- hruteit end tired, the shot entering I in- right side and killing him oi-tently. li islated that the gun was used the pro volts Saltila;. and .lame- l.clieved it to lv tlldoade I at the lime m the eeoii hell t, Gilt siih-i client Iv ioiind it "as loaded in both barrels, one charge being fired. The police slate the -hooting was purely accidental.
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 July 1923, Page 3
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142SHOOTING FATALITY. Hokitika Guardian, 2 July 1923, Page 3
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