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FARMER CHASING BOYS Pellets from a gun narrowly missed John Smith, aged 03, farmer, of Nazeing, Essex, while ho was chasing three boys from his land. There was a sequel at Chelmsford Assizes when Nathaniel Godwin, aged 17, of Ley to i), denied a charge of shooting with intent to disable Mr. Smith, and was bound over on a chargo of common assault. It was pleaded that the gun trigger caught in Godwin's pocket.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23417, 5 August 1939, Page 2 (Supplement)
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