A SHOOTING AFFAIR.
f»T TEtBOnAPH— fHEOft ASSOCIATION.'] OAMARU, 26th January. Peter Clifford was 10-day committed for trial for shooting at Albeit Nelson with a shot gun and doing him bodily harm. T ho parties tiro fishoimen nt M«eraki, and tho trouble is alleged to have arisen over attentions which, it ia Mated, Nelson paid to Clifford's wife. Clifford bad taken out a summons for tropus?, and hud warned Nelson bit" his premises. On tho date in question Nelson went to Clifford's pluco with a, knifo in his hand, and ii ft or n few words hud passed between tho puvtics Clitford brought out a gun, mid Nelson started running in a zigzag fashion. Tho pellets from tho gun struck Kelson in tho back, and after going for ronie distance he foil. He was removed fn tho hospital, but wnn not üble to appuuv at tho Comt to-day. Clitfoid was admitted to boil.
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Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 22, 27 January 1904, Page 5
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152A SHOOTING AFFAIR. Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 22, 27 January 1904, Page 5
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