The Clinton Tragedy.
INQJDEST; ON THE FIREMAN. . ' ' Dunedin, August 27. The inquest in' connection with the present shooting case at Clinton was opened there to«day.' ' The ; principal evidence was chat given by the enginedriver, Peter Dunn, and Detective Henderson. The jury, after threequarters of an hours' deliberation, returned the following T . verdict":—^" That James and Alexander Roy^ "during the night of the 23rd instant;,' discharged their guns recklessly- whilst the train was passing through the cutting rfear Wairuna, thereby causing the de&th of the deceased, John Henderson.". This amounted to a verdiotof manslaughter against the two lads, and they were bound oyer m two sureties of £250 each to appear before the R.M. on Wednesday. The lads' father and Mr Harrison the. local j schoolmaster, became the sureties. , ' '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 227, 28 August 1883, Page 2
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