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inger shot off by the discharge which wounded Clarke, made a statement to the effect that he and Slater started out that morning for a day's pleasure, and took several drinks before reaching Clarke's e shooting. The pistol was his own, and he was totally ignorant of the way in which it got into Slater's possession. He did not know who fired, and in fact, seemed to know very little about the circumstance, except that Slater and himself were in an advanced stage of drunkenness. Others, however, who saw them directly afterwards, expressed the opinion that they were by no means intoxicated, thodered as their verdict that William Clarke came to his death by a ball from a pistol, shot by James Slater, but, from the evidence, they could not say whether it was a premeditated or malicious act, bce, they could not say whether it was a premeditated or malicious act, but would leave the test to another tribunal. The examination of Slater will take place before the Mayor on the 13th inst.