Nature of the Case
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Facts
The case states, that Lucinda Wainwright testified that the deceased said: 'He knew who shot him. To which she replied that she did not know. Then deceased said, it was Edward Williams, though I did not see him.' Further, in reply to a question by witness as to who shot him, deceased said, 'I don't know what those poor creatures shot me for; it was Ed. Williams who shot me, though I did not see him.' The case further states that the deceased was shot after dark, while sitting in his house at the fire-place, with his right side near an aperture between the logs of the outer wall, about three inches wide. The shooting was done through the aperture by some person standing on the outside of the house. The wounds were in the right wrist and side. D was convicted of murder and appealed.
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