SHOTS IN COURT
MOTHER FIRES AT ACCUSED
NEW YORK. December 30
A message from Jackson (Kentucky) says that Mrs. Viola Wickline, aged 35. shot and seriously wounded Johnny Shepard, aged 18, who was being tried for the murder of her son, aged 17.
In the crowded courtroom several shots went astray, and three of the spectators were wounded, including one of the attorneys.
Shepard is a cripple. His brother is charged with being an accessory to the murder.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 6 January 1937, Page 5
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