A Boer spy who was caught trying to poison horses at the front was tried and shot. He was made to dig his own grave, and stand over it when it was finished, twelve men being marched out to compose the firing party. The rifles of six only of the party were loaded, so that it was not known whose bullet actually killed the man.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIV, Issue VI, 10 February 1900, Page 278
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65A Boer spy who was caught trying to poison horses at the front was tried and shot. He was made to dig his own grave, and stand over it when it was finished, twelve men being marched out to compose the firing party. The rifles of six only of the party were loaded, so that it was not known whose bullet actually killed the man. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIV, Issue VI, 10 February 1900, Page 278
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