Walter Preston proceedingsdefend of the Parish of St. Giles's Cripplegate , was Indicted for killing one John Murray proceedingsvictim , giving him one mortal wound near the Belly of the depth of 6 Inches with a Cutlace made of Iron and Steel, &c. of which he died the next day , being the 13th of June. It was sworn against the Prisoner. That he met Murray in the Street, and would have prest him to Sea, he being a Press-master ; but he refusing to go with him, giving Preston ill words, calling him (Ned) a Nickname, upon which the said Preston gave him the aforesaid wound, as was sworn fully on the King's Side. The Prisoner denied it, and said, That he knew nothing how Murray was killed, and that the Deceased struck him first, and abused him: which he called some Evidence to prove, but could not: So upon the whole he was brought in Guilty of Manslaughter .

[No punishment. See summary.]