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Charles tfylcn proved that he taw the prisoner fire a pistol right at the htrnl of prosecutor.Other evidence, corroborativo of the foregoing, adduced.Constable O’Brien proved »he arrest of prisoner, and finding the nistol produced, with the near baml lately discharged; the other barrel wiui loaded with powder and wadding, but no ball.The prowcntor identified the pistol as the one that had been fired off at him.Mr. Sroythc addressed the jury for the defence, contending that the prosecutor had provoked the quarrel, lie was proceeding with hia addre**. when the Crown Prosecutor consented to abandon the charge of doing grievon* bodily harm, as on looking into some Acts of Council, he found that it could not be legally sustained ; and, therefore, the prisoner was discharged.
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Castlemaine Mount Alexander Mail
Castlemaine, Victoria, AU
Fri, Feb 27, 1857
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