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, 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 </rs>
. 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 <rs id="t16891009-1-verdict3" type="verdictDescription"> <interp inst="t16891009-1-verdict3" type="verdictCategory" value="guilty"></interp>
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Guilty of Manslaughter only </rs>
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<note>[Branding. See summary.]</note>
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