YOUTHFUL MARRIAGE.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 December 1921, Page 5

YOUTHFUL MARRIAGE.

SIXTEEN AND SEVENTEEN. AN UNFORTUNATE SEQUEL. By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin. Last Night. An unfortunate <equci to the mar- | riage of a youthful pair occurred at i Milton to-night. It appears that a youth named Ashley Perry, aged I’d, and ' a girl named Milligan, aged 17, both | resident in Milton, were married on I Tuesday afternoon. The girl had obI tained her father’s consent to the mari riagp, but apparently the girl’s mother and brothers were not informed that the marriage was to take place. To-night one of the brothers, Arthur Milligan, armed with a Winchester repeating rifle, loaded with twelve cartridges. went to the residence of Ashley Perry’s uncle and aunt ami fired at Perry, who was standing at the gate, and the bullet struck him in the second finger of the right hand. His screams brought others outside, and Ashley Perry senr-, father of the youth, rushed to close with Milligan, who fired again, the bullet entering Perry senior’s shoulder. Milligan attempted to fire further shots, but the rifle apparently jammed and he bolted. He was subsequently arrested.