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From: Dennis Ahern <>
Subject: Re: Excerpts from Irish newspapers
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 02:42:40 +0000 (UTC)


From The Cork Examiner, 1 November 1865 -

ONE BOY SHOOTING ANOTHER.--A boy named Hichens, about 12
years old, residing in the neighbourhood of Penzance, went out with a
little boat in his hand to show to a next door neighbour named Hall,
nine years old. Hall wanted to have it in his hand, and followed
Hickens [sic] back to his house and world [sic] not go away. Hichens
threatened to crack Hall's scull [sic], and took up a gun belonging to
a lodger, which happened to be loaded ; it went off, the shot lodged
in Hall's shoulder, and after lingering some days Hall died. At a
coroner's inquest held this week before Mr. John Roscorla a verdict
of "Manslaughter" was returned against Hichens.--Western
Morning News.

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