A SHOOTING ACCIDENT.
■■'i v AND THE ; SEQUEI/;'^' ' .(By TBleEraph.-TPreE«;Associ»tlon.i '.''■■ : ~'r--, Dunodln, March 28. The inquest.on. the.body,of Geoffrey Eisher, 'who died in the hospital this niorning from the, effects of a;wound in the . groin,' sustained. as the result of .a pea, rifle, accident at Middlemarch, opened to-night, .' v.; ...... ..;.-.:. . c Geoffrey:., father;'of- the deceased, gave ..evidence that deceased and two boys/named. M'Corkindale, and M'Bantney in, company when tho accident, happened..- Deceased:, loaded ;the ride, and shortly, afterwards -M'Corkindalo picked it '■■■ up. - As he 'lifted it, the hammer slipped, and the rifle went off, ..the bullet,, lodging in. deceased's groin. .. ■• The inquest was adjourned till Wednesday evening. •• . -.'"'. The boys M'Corkindale and M'Bantney were brought before the'court at Middlemarch on a charge of being' in possession: of firearms while; under, the age of ,16 years..The boys were severely admonished, and ordered to 'pay the: costs,. and the firearm was confiscated.Ah adult who gave the .rifle'to M'Bantney, about a year' ago would .aH have been prosecuted but for the \ ~7 that 'the.;..time-limit for laying the 'information had, expired.V'
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 777, 29 March 1910, Page 7
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174A SHOOTING ACCIDENT. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 777, 29 March 1910, Page 7
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