SHOOTING TRAGEDY
CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. HOBART, September 1. (Received Sept, 2, at 0.45 a.m.) Albert Britton, aged 16 years, has been remanded on a charge of manslaughter arising out of the death of George Jones. He volunteered a statement that he and Jonea had been the best o,f friends since they were children They had been out shooting and on returning home they extracted, as they believed, all the cartridges from their guns. Jones pointed bis gun at Britton, and pulled the hammer in a lark, whereupon Britton did tlio same, but his gun went off, fatally injuring Jones.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15858, 2 September 1913, Page 5
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102SHOOTING TRAGEDY Otago Daily Times, Issue 15858, 2 September 1913, Page 5
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