Evidence
At the inquest which was held ten days later, a verdict of Accidental Death was returned. There really was nothing else the coroner could do. Winston gave his version of what had happened at the shoot. He told how he had fired both barrels of one g*n, hitting one grouse. He held the empty g*n in his right hand with the barrels pointing skyward. He had hold of the pistol grip, behind the trigger guard. Then, keeping his eyes forward and skyward, towards the flight of the incoming grouse, he would have stretched out his left hand for the g*n Samantha should have loaded. She should have taken the empty g*n, pressing the loaded one into Winston’s empty left hand. He offered to demonstrate the action to the coroner using two empty guns, but his offer was not necessary. The coroner was
