For those who have a copy of Burrard, the discussion of Balling is found in volume III on pages 74-77. I was mistaken about it being a beater which was hit, it was in fact a man leading a horse & cart down a road. He was hit in the face & his jaw was broken. He was identified simply as W L & this was reported on in the British Medical Journal of June 23rd, 1888. The man who fired the shot Hit & Killed a pheasant & said he saw the man but he was totally out of the line of fire. wen treated upon probing into the wound a full 1/3 oz of shot tumbled out. It was ascertained the distance from the Gun to where W L was hit was 133 yards. The gauge of the gun was not listed, but in all probability was a 12.
