INQUEST.
THE LATE MICHAEL' QUIRKE
At the inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Michael Quirke at Terrace End on Monday evening. Mr Thomson, S.M.. found as follows: —That on the 11th . day of April, 1910, at Palmerston North, Michael Quirke died of misadventure; that is to say, from a wound caused by a gun shot fired by William Henry Overton in self-defence, each at the time believing the other to be one John Joseph Powelka, an escaped prisoner, who was known to be armed, and who was suspected of already using firearms to resist an attempted re-arrest, and the deceased at the time the said William Henry Overton fired at him having the said William Overton covered by his revolver and apparently about to shoot.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 9189, Issue XLI, 14 April 1910, Page 8
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127INQUEST. Manawatu Standard, Volume 9189, Issue XLI, 14 April 1910, Page 8
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