WOMAN SHOT.
HUSBAND' ARRESTED. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT SYDNEY. Oct. 26. ' hollowing on an altercation in a home at Paddington, Ethel Leighton, wife of Frank Leighton, a well-known city merchant, was severely wounded in the head by a shotgun, and was admitted to hospital in a critical condition. After the shot was heard Mrs. Leighton’s little daughter ran down the lane calling for help. A neighbour rushed into Leighton’s house and found Mrs. Leighton on the floor in a pool, of blood. Tlie police were informed and on arrival they found Leighton upstairs in a chair smoking a- pipe. Blood was running from a superficial wound in the head, alleged to be self-inflicted. The police state, that the shooting is the. outcome of long-standing domestic unhappiness. Mrs. Leighton informed the police that she was sitting at the table writing when she felt a blow on the back of the head and fell unconscious. • Leighton has been charged with shooting with intent to murder.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 27 October 1924, Page 5
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163WOMAN SHOT. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 27 October 1924, Page 5
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