Abel Dodson proceedingsdefend of the Parish of St. Brides , was tryed for the Murther of one George Dodson proceedingsvictim , giving him one mortal wound near his Left-Eye with a Musquet value 5 s. of the depth of 6 Inches, of which he instantly died . He was likewise Indicted for wilful Murther by the Coroner's Inquest, &c. The Evidence deposed, that the Musquet was shot off by the Prisoner, and that he said he did it accidently, firing it off into a Ditch near where the Deceased stood, and was very sorry for it, and that he had no Malice against the Deceased, for that he was a Stranger to him, &c. all which he did not deny upon his Tryal, so he was found Guilty of Manslaughter only .

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