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INQUEST ON THE BODY OF THE

MURDERED MAN.

An inquest was held at the Eight-mile Plains on Monday afternoon, by Mr. Massey, coroner, on the body of Francis Lander, who was shot dead on the previous Saturday by one Joseph Doel. Thomas Freeney, farm laborer, deposed that, on Saturday morning, the deceased called at his place, Cooper's Plains, and told him that Doel and he had disagreed, and that Doel had done him out of some wages. Doel called at Freeney's about mid-day, and again at about half-past 4 o'clock ; he said to Freeney, " This is a pretty neighbor you have got here ; when I was in difficulties I made my property over to him, and he is now sticking to it, and leaving me without a penny ; Doel then saw the de- ceased riding up the road, and immediately rode towards him as fast as he could ; he met the deceased about eighteen chains from where Freeney was standing ; Freeney saw a flash, and heard the report of a firearm, and immedi- ately saw a horse gallop away from the spot without a rider ; he also heard cries of distress ; he ran to the spot and found the deceased lying on his back; Lander said something about "shooting him," but mentioned no name ; Dole galloped away towards the Plains or Brisbane ; Freeney found a wound in deceased's right side, and a corresponding one on the left ; the de- ceased was taken to his own house, and Freeney rode into Brisbane and gave information to the police ; a pistol was found next morning near the spot where Lander fell. The meeting of Doel and the deceased on the road, and the firing of a shot, was also witnessed by Sarah Stubbins, who was about 200 yards away; she saw the deceased die an hour afterwards. A witness named Frederick Pymm identified the pistol as one belonging to Doel ; and he saw Doel with it in his possession on Saturday morning ; Pymm was four months in Doel's employ, but latterly had been working for the deceased. On Saturday forenoon Doel said that if either the deceased or the witness attempted to remove any bullooks, he would " drop" them ; he had the pistol in his hand at the time. Dr. Hancock said that he had examined the de- ceased's body ; he found a circular wound low down, on the left side ; it had been caused by a bullet ; he put his finger into the opening, and found that the bullet had taken an upward and backward course through the tissue of the lungs, just immediately behind the heart ; there was an incised wound on the right side, just below the armpit; the rib was broken   and very much splintered ; the bullet had evi- dently come out at that spot ; a ball from the   pistol produced (which had a large bore) would cause a wound corresponding to that in de- ceased's body, it would have been impossible for the deceased to have committed the wound himself. The jury returned, as their verdict, that the deceased died from the effects of of shot inflicted by Joseph Doel.

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