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barrel of his firelock with a raq.

Corporal Hopkins & Corp Cullen were walking & when they came to the door wre Middleditch was the turned back & had gone 4 or 5 paces when Prisr brot his piece to a present, & then I saw the flash & heard the report of the piece. After that Prisr recovered his piece & went back into the barrack. He did not appear to take any particular aim, but he pointed the piece toward the 2 men who were walking. When he presented it went off directly. They were 4 or 5 paces from Prisr & I was about 30