DEFENCE OR ATTACK?
USE OF A. SHOT GUN.
(Per ■t'rem AsibeiatiotK) - I ' , '■ ■ N^PlEUi* last nightAt the ilagistrate's Court this morning a youpg man -named. John Young Hanney, ' ch^rgTeJ wi'tli having fired a shot gun at three others, Robert Co!quhoun, Johri Miller, and Fred. Johnson, was committed for trial 'at the SupTeme Court, bail being alliwed; The* evidence showed iliat a, -qiiavtel to6k .place m one of the main streets on the evening of March 13th, and that the three prosecutors, afterwards followed the accused to Ms.hame for tfo«. purpose, they stated, of - demanding, an apology, accused went into thd house., and, it is alleged/ brought out 1 a- shobgan .and .discharged both barrels at. the other three men, who -we're then yin iall retreat, thinking that *.Hannay .had brought some friends to his assistahce. .Colquhoun waa struck.* bi' two pelltets-of (Shot, b"t was only slightly m joined. tf-Jfennay says that he merely fiied tto acaij^.ttie Others, and when he .thought? they were nt & safe distance, '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12410, 21 March 1911, Page 2
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165DEFENCE OR ATTACK? Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12410, 21 March 1911, Page 2
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