Line 3.0.0 He pleaded not guilty to

Line 3.0.1 having on May 22 feloniously

Line 3.0.2 wounded Eric James House

Line 3.0.3 (also known as Davies) with

Line 3.0.4 intent to murder him.

Line 3.0.5 The Senior Crown Prosecutor

Line 3.0.6 (Mr. C. V. Rooney, Q.C.) said

Line 3.0.7 that Nolan and Davies both

Line 3.0.8 worked at Bellbird colliery.

Line 3.0.9 On May 22 Davies was cyc-

Line 3.0.10 ling home after collecting his

Line 3.0.11 pay. When he reached a de-

Line 3.0.12 serted bush track Nolan shot

Line 3.0.13 him three times from a range

Line 3.0.14 of about 40 yards.

Line 3.0.15 Davies was hit in the ribs

Line 3.0.16 and shoulder, but managed to

Line 3.0.17 ride off and reach hospital.

Line 3.0.18 He said Nolan had been on

Line 3.0.19 compensation.

Line 3.0.20 He said that when ques-

Line 3.0.21 tioned by the local police, No-

Line 3.0.22 lan had strongly protested his

Line 3.0.23 innocence. After further ques-

Line 3.0.24 tions, he had admitted he shot

Line 3.0.25 Davies.

Line 3.0.26 He told a detective, "What

Line 3.0.27 came over me, God only

Line 3.0.28 knows."

Line 3.0.29 Describing the shooting, No-

Line 3.0.30 lan had said, 'When Davies

Line 3.0.31 didn't fall over after the first

Line 3.0.32 shot, I knew I had to stop him

Line 3.0.33 getting away.

Line 3.0.34 "I don't know why I shot

Line 3.0.35 him. I Just made up my mind

Line 3.0.36 on the spur of the moment."

Line 3.0.37 Mr. Rooney said that in a

Line 3.0.38 written statement Nolan said

Line 3.0.39 that he held no grudge against

Line 3.0.40 Davies, but added: "Something

Line 3.0.41 made me do it."

Line 3.0.42 In a statement from the

Line 3.0.43 dock. Nolan said that on May

Line 3.0.44 22, after drinking in an hotel,

Line 3.0.45 he decided to go in the bush