A Delibebate Mttbdeb — A pacullar incident was revealed in the trial at , Sydney of an aboriginal named Noble ' Jack, for the murder of another abriginal near Tenterfield. . ; Tha ; , murder was attendedwith circumstances ~ of unusual ' deliberation. ' jack had' : crawled into the gunyah where .his victims lay, and felt the position of their bodies, so that: he might know' how to ■ aim in order that one shot would kilt both the. man .and the woman whom he had designed to murder. In.' this he would have been successful had nottha bullet struck the woman's rib, travelled half round her body, and then entered the abdomen of - the man. . The, latter 1 , died from the effects of the, wound, but the woman, it appears, recovered, and gave evidence againet the murderer.,;., , ,
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 9187, 14 June 1880, Page 2
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