ROSS SHOOTING CASE.
ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE. RECOVERY OF PATIENT. MUffi BEFORE LOWER COURT. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) HOKITIKA, this day. In the Magistrate's Court this morning George William Muir was charged with the attempted murder of Athol Crowe Potter at Ross on September 8. Following formal evidence, Dr. Wilson stated that he examined Potter on the morning of September 8. He found a wound over the crest of the left hip, such as could be caused by a .22 rifle bullet. An operation revealed a perforation of the large bowel on the left side. The patient's condition was very serious, «,nd gradually he became worse. He was operated upon on September 10 and 11, and after that gradually improved. He had sufficiently recovered to undergo an operation on November 1, when the bullet was removed. The bullet had gone in horizontally, the nose being flattened. At the present time the patient's condition was fairly good, and' his chances of recovery were very favourable. Detective Holmes stated that the bullet ihad been referred to an expert, and- would not be included in the exhibits at this hearing. The Court then adjourned for lunch.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 262, 4 November 1932, Page 5
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