A MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE
THE GUN WAS LOADED
IBy Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] Hobart, September 1. Albert Britton has been remanded for the manslaughter of George Jones. Ho volunteered the statement that they were the best of friends since children. They were out shooting, and on returning home they extracted, as ho believed, all the cartridges. Jones pointed the gun at Britton and pulled the hammer in a lark, whereupon Britton did the same. His gun went off and fatally wounded Jones.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1, 2 September 1913, Page 6
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82A MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1, 2 September 1913, Page 6
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