excerpt from 'Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 08 February 2019), January 1754, trial of John Hudson (t17540116-40).' (192 words)
excerpt from 'Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 08 February 2019), January 1754, trial of John Hudson (t17540116-40).' (192 words)
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[John Hudson was found guilty of manslaughter on 16 January 1754 and sentenced to branding and imprisonment] Charles Oakham: I was with the deceased [Thomas Moss] at the Fighting Cocks on the 27th of December, where were six or seven of us drinking together, and none of us fuddled. The prisoner [John Hudson] sat in a box next to the fire-place, he started up all of a sudden, and swore he would fight the best man in the house for a pint, or a guinea. Q. Was he sober? Oakman. I cannot say whether he was or not, for I did not see him before he started up. The deceased also started up and looked over the settle. Then the prisoner said, You are counted the best man in the house, I will fight you. […] Q. Were you talking about fighting at the Fighting Cocks before the prisoner got up? Oakman. No, we were not, we were making merry, and singing a song. Q. from Prisoner. Did not your wife fling some gin in the fire? Oakman. She came in, and because I was at the alehouse, she flung some gin in the fire. |
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