THE SHOOTING FATALITY.
INQUEST AND VERDICT.
(By. Telegraph-—Press AesocUUonj I , - . '. ; WESTFORT, this day. With regard to the death of Lily Herring, her brothers varied their story when on oath at the inquest. Edwin Herring, aged 15, said that he loaded the gun in "the kitchen with "the intention of shooting a blue crane that he had several times seen outside lately. He picked xip the gun and placed it at half cock, threw it over bis shoulder, and -was -walking down the passage, when it accidentally went off and shot his ' sister, who -was behind him. He and his brother, when they caw she was dead, were frightened and ran away. A verdict was returned that the deceased was accidentally killed.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 116, 16 May 1906, Page 6
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