The Preston Guardian: Saturday, January 3, 1846; Issue 1740.
A MAN SHOT IN MISTAKE FOR A WILD DUCK – On the night of Tuesday last, a person named GOODERSON, while in his fowling skiff in Cowbit Wash, fired at what he considered to be a group of birds; but was horror-struck when he immediately afterwards discovered the object of his aim was his old comrade JACKSON, who like himself was in pursuit of birds; but faint hopes are entertained of poor JACKSON’s recovery.
