SHOOTING AFFRAY
ALLEGED FIGHT FOR A REVOLVER.
(BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. A shooting affray, which occurred last night at the Springeton Hotel, when Bartholomew M'Kyedy, a Southbridge farmer, was wounded in the loft wrist and thigh, resulted in the arrest of James Scott Main, a ranger employed by the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society. It is stated that. the' shooting occurred during an attsmpt to wrest a revolver from Main's possession. Three shots were fired, two hitting M'Evedy and tho third wounding another man in the hand. Tho third man has not yet been discovered by the police.
Accused appeared before the Court this morning on a oharge of attempted murder, and was remanded for five days.
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 66, 15 September 1921, Page 8
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117SHOOTING AFFRAY Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 66, 15 September 1921, Page 8
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