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MAN FOUND SHOT

CAUGHT 1N VMRE FENCE accidental, death '[J3OII OtIS OW3s 03KEEBP0KUENT3 HiJOLTON, Friday A verdict of accidental death was returned by the coroner., Mr. S. L. Patersan, at the inquest to-day into the death of Frederick Alexander Pearson, aged 63, a Hamilton land agent, "who was found dead at Raakxtra on July 2 •with a gunshot wound in his neck. Martin, farmer, of MarrinßviHe, said that he found the body caught in a wire feniae near the Buakora.railway station. Sergeant Thomas KeDy expressed the opinion that deceased drew the gun behind him when struggling through the fence, and that /, lie rawed the hammer accidentally with his foot. The hammer then slipped and discharged the gun.

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22172, 27 July 1935, Page 16

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MAN FOUND SHOT New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22172, 27 July 1935, Page 16

MAN FOUND SHOT New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22172, 27 July 1935, Page 16