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SHOT HIS FRIEND.
Charge Reduced to Man
slaughter.
A Four . Year#' Sentence.
WANG Alt ATT A, Tuesday. — A t . Wanga-
rat la Criminal. Court- to-day, before Air.
Justice Wasley, Francis W. Longmorc
was charged with, tlic murder of Andrew
Alcxaiidci- Laid law, 02 years, at Carlylo,
near, -iMiiucrgien, ou lotli -April." Air.
Nolan,, Grown. proseeutor, appeared for the
Crown, , and accused wns represented by
Alr. F. C. Purbrick. '
T'1'" Grown enso .was that Longmoro wns
living at Laidlnw's place with David and
Andrew. Lnidlaw. On 15th April, David
LnidJaw gave Longmoro 0/ to get sonic
wine, and during the day tlio three men
lmd been drinking it. About the time
of tlio shooting David Laidlnw was in-
sido tlio house, and Longmorc said to him
that. ho was going out to shoot birds for
the cats. A minute afterwards David
Laidlaw heard a shot, and Longmorc came
hack into tho house. Lnidlaw asked liiin
if lie hnd shot tliOt birds, nnd lie replied,
"Yes, I have got it." About a quarter
of an hour afterwards David Lnidlaw went
outside nnd saw his brother lying dead
on Hie ground. Dr. Uglow reached Hie
place about 1 p.m., nnd lie found n hole
in the dead mnu'R face below tho left eye,
nnd tlio top of the head was blown off.
Longmorc admitted hnving shot Lnidlaw,
but next morning snid it wns accidental.
At tlio conclusion of Dr. Uglow's evi-
donee the charge was reduced to one of
manslaughter, nnd accused pleaded guilty.
, He .was sentenced to four years' im
prisonment, witli hard labor.
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