MIDNIGHT VISITOR.
RETURNED SOLDIEIi USES RIFLE. INTRUDER SENT TO HOSPITAL. (Per Frmo Apancintinn;) , , MARION, January 8.. • A shooting affair took place at Marion Junction early on Sunday morning.. Robert Elder attempted to filter jhe residence of Stephen Fisher,~a : returned soldier. Failing in this he was walking away it, is alleged, Fisher fired several shifts from'a' Winchester riile, One bullet s'.ruck a note book in Elder's hip pocket, indicting a llesli wound, whiii' another bulled struck Elder on the right ribs, Tlic wouutlcd man was taken to Wanganni Hospital, but no serious complications are anticipated;. ... . ;' Fisher was'arrested, and charged with ditcharging firearms with intent to do bodily harm, and was remanded till the loth January, bail being allowed, £01) on-his-own recognisance and a surety, of.CTJ. ; ;
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North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13773, 9 January 1917, Page 7
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124MIDNIGHT VISITOR. North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13773, 9 January 1917, Page 7
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