SHOT IN WITNESS BOX
LAWYER WOUNDED BY WOMAN. The wife of an engineer in Rostock, Mecklenburg, Germany, recently showed her sympathy with her husband’s interests by attempting in court to shoot a lawyer who was bringing a Case against him. After an excited hearing, in the courss of which the engineer is stated to havo made a number of personal observations regarding his opponent, the lawyer entered the witness box. He bad just begun his evidence when a shot rang out and ha collapsed with a bullet wound in bis neck. The engineer's wife was immediately disarmed and carried off to prison. The lawyer fortunately was not seriously hurt, and resumed work later in the' day.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21621, 16 April 1932, Page 14
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116SHOT IN WITNESS BOX Otago Daily Times, Issue 21621, 16 April 1932, Page 14
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