THE NAPIER SENSATION.
YOUNG MAN COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
(United Pres3 Association. —Copyright.) NAPIER, March 20. At the Magistrate's Court this morning a young man named J. Young Hanr.ay, charged with having fired a shotgun at three others—Robert .Colquhoun, John Miller, and Fred Johnson, was committed to the Supreme Court, *? r tri?\ J>? l behl S allowed Evidence showed that a quarrel took plaoe m one of the main streets on the, evening of the 13th inst., and that the three prosecutors afterwards followed -the iac- ?," sed ,to. his I*°™' fo. r the purpose, they stated, or demanding an apology. Accused went into the house, brought cut a shot gun, and discharged both barrels at the other three, who then r;^/ 6*I"6^ tni»klug Hannay had brought some friends to his assistance, Colquhoun was struck by two pellets, but was only sliglitly injured. Haimay says he me-r-ely fired to scare the others, a^f V- hf n he tlloll Sht *hey were at a sate distance.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12709, 21 March 1911, Page 5
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163THE NAPIER SENSATION. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12709, 21 March 1911, Page 5
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