B - I - proceedingsdefend Gent. and Hugh Slade proceedingsdefend , both of the Parish of St. Clement Danes , were indicted upon the Coroner's Inquisition for the Murther of George Copping proceedingsvictim on the 9th of November last, by giving him one mortal wound with a Sword value 12 d. on the left part of the belly near the groin, of the breadth of an inch, and of the depth of 5 inches, of which he languished till the 11th following, and then died . The Evidence declared, That as he was going down the steps by the Middle Temple-Hall , he did see the deceased lie before him, and he said to him, What makes you lie here? with that he took him by the hand, and he roared out, and perceiving him to be wounded, he called a Chair, and carried him into a house, where the deceased seemed to be raving mad, and continued in his raving condition, calling for a great quantity of strong waters. The Prisoner I. did alledge, That Slade had been arrested at the Suit of the deceased for 500 l. and that Slade had employed him as his Attorney to defend the Suit: And having Nonsuited the deceased for want of an Appearance, did advise him to take out an Execution against him for his Costs; and as they were talking together, the deceased came by, and overheard what he said; did spit in his Face, and drew his Sword, and wounded him in the hand, and called a Witness to prove the same. With that the Prisoner drew his Sword to defend himself, and said that the deceased did run in to him, and by that means he run him into the belly. The Jury taking it into consideration, found the Prisoner I. guilty of Manslaughter , and the other was acquitted .

[No punishment. See summary.]