A FATAL LAND DISPUTE.
The settlement of Harapipi, Waikato; was the scene of a tragedy on the 12th insfc. A man named Patrick Corcoran and his son were erecting a boundary fence, when a neighbour named Henry Pohlen, aged 78 years, and who carried a gun, threatened to shoot Corcoran unless he desisted.
shoot,* and advanced to take the gun Corcoran. yya§ ; . struckin the region of the heart, ’ditfd id h : t£ l kon’s arms. Thern had , been hot words rbetween the parties over, the purchase ; of a section bj Corcoran, the ploughing of which, it is said, interfered with Pohlen’s access to a public road. At the inquest the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Pohlen.
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Southern Cross, Volume 5, Issue 33, 20 November 1897, Page 9
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119A FATAL LAND DISPUTE. Southern Cross, Volume 5, Issue 33, 20 November 1897, Page 9
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