FIRED AT IN PUBLIC STREET
NAEIER MAN'S f IDEA OP A SCARE. PEERS ASSOCIATION. /■ NAPIER, Marcli 20. In the Magistrate’s Court this morning a young man named.J. Young, Hannay was charged with having fired a sho'tgun at three others—Robert Colquhoun, John Miller and ’Fred Johnson —and was 'committed for trial, hail, being allowed. The evidence showed that a quarrel took place in one of .the(main streets on the evening of the 13th iust., and that the three prosecutors afterwards followed accused to his home for the purpose, they stated, of demanding ami apology. Accused went into the house, brought out a shot-gun, and discharged both barrels at the other three, who were then in full retreat, thinking Hannay had brought some friends to his assistance. Colquhoun was struck by two pellets, but only slightly injured. Hannay says he merely fired to scare the others and when he thought they were at a safe distance.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7392, 21 March 1911, Page 8
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