IN SELF-DEFENCE.
Fusillade Between Two Men In Small Village. BUTCHER'S MURDER. (Received 12 noon.) PERTH, this day. The police obtained a statement from Thomas Smith, who was arrested at Dwellingup on the charge of murdering John Ibbott. Smith states that owing to his employer, John Ibbott's, refusal to pay him wages, a dispute occurred. John Ibbott attempted to reach for a rifle and Smith snatched another rifie and shot him in self-defence.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 255, 27 October 1928, Page 9
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72IN SELF-DEFENCE. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 255, 27 October 1928, Page 9
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