George Pye proceedingsdefend , a Bayliffs Follower , was Indicted, Arraigned, and Tryed for killing Edward Green proceedingsvictim This name instance is in set 2329. a Butcher , in Hungerford-Market , on the 11th of this Instant February ; the manner (as appeared in Court upon Evidence) was as followeth: The Father of the Prisoner having a Marshals-Court-Writ to Arrest the body of the deceased; he, together with the Prisoner, came to him and gave him the word of Arrest, upon which he catching up his Cleaver, bid them at their peril, and in conclusion struck at the Father of the Prisoner, and with a full blow cut his Wrist almost through, of which wound he is since dead, then making at the Prisoner, cut two of his fingers almost off, upon which he having his Rapier drawn run him through the Body; after which he still pursued him, and threw his Cleaver at him, and then fell down dead; but the Writ being produced in court, and it appearing he was an Assistant to his Father in the Execution of his Office, he was acquitted .