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Session of Oyer & Terminer.
Thursd: 14 Dec: 1786.
The King }
agt } Assault, Battery & wounding
Arth: Winwood}
The Indictment charges in the 1st Cot that Deft on 12 Jul. 1786, for assaulted one Thos Quartermain & wth a sword wounded him in the right hand, by reason whereof sd T. Q. lost 2 fingers, & lost the use of his hand for a long time &c
2. Cot that he assaulted, beat & wounded T. Q. wreby he underwent pain & was hindered &c.
3d. Cot for a common asst & Battery.
4th Deft Count that Deft is a British Subj: residing in Bengal, & also subject to the Jurisdon & by having comd