At an inquest held at the Municipal Buildings last night, on Harold (sic) Pinsent, pattern-maker’s apprentice, who on Wednesday night shot his sweetheart Ada Smith, fired at and wounded a cyclist named Hytch, who went to the girl’s assistance, and then turned the pistol on himself. Letters were read in the deceased’s writing which showed he contemplated taking his own life and that of the girl. The jury found Pinsent killed himself, and the evidence was insufficient to the state of his mind.
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GRO0431 Tiverton: Horace Pinsent: 1893 – 1913