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Mr. Burroughs stated the Indictment to the Jury; and then Mr. Davies the Advocate General, stated the case. The Challenge was sent on Friday 10 June last, and dated Frid: 3 o’clock, being in the form of a letter which Mr. Davies reads.
He then says that, as the degree of punishment, in cases of Challenges to fight, is not expressly defined by the Law, but left to the legal discretion of the Judges who inflict a greater or lighter
degree