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When he had the knapsack on his back, he used to call upon the Wts – ask him how he was, sayd he was well himself.
Cannot on his oath say whether those instances of insanity arose from liquor or from any disorder.
Wts for Prisr
Corp Geo Hamilton. Saw him the day the accident happened – he joakingly sayd to Prisr you are to be a Soldier again, alluding to his having reinlisted, Prisr replied – yes – I shall be on duty tomorrow morng.
Andrew Cummns called again at Prisr request
Did not see Prisr cock his piece in his going from his Cot to the Door – but as he was then in discourse with anor man he might have cockd it without Wittnesses having seen him or heard the noise of it.
Verdict Guilty
Sentence, in the usual form, to be hanged on Monday next the 2d of January 1792.