Henry Dixon proceedingsdefend , of the Parish of St. Sepulchres , about Seventy Years of Age, was Indicted for Killing one Thomas Best proceedingsvictim , on the 12th. of May , with a Sword, value 6 d. The Evidence for the King deposed, that the Prisoner and the Deceased meeting at Habberdashers Hall Door; (they receiving Alms of the Company) the Deceased asked the Prisoner if he had received his Pension yet, to which, the Prisoner answered, what was that to him for a Drunken Sot, Upon which,(after their return home)there rise a Quarrel between the Prisoner and the Deceased, insomuch, that the Prisoner got Water and threw at the Deceased, and afterwards went in, and found the said Sword in his House, and Engaged with the Deceased a Second time, and passed at him three several times, and pushed the Sword into the left Eye of the Deceased, of which Wound he dyed 16th. of the same Instant. The Prisoner having but little to say in his own defence, neither could produce any Evidence in his behalf, the Verdict was brought in by the Jury Manslaughter only .

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