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would serve him the same way. He then made another stab or two at her when she got hold of the bayonet with both her hands. Thereupon Williams a soldier in the same Battalion laid hold of his shoulders and was pulling him back, when a Serjant named William Rowe got the Bayonet out of the girl’s hands, carried it away and Baddaford was made Prisoner immediately, by Williams, Rowe and others, and carried to the Barrack Guard.
I went to the main guard where I was on duty.
About an hour after I saw the girl lying dead upon a Cot in the Barrack.
Next morning I saw the dead body again and saw a Wound just under her left breast and another in the center of her belly. I did not look for more.
I believe she died of the wounds she received from the Prisr. I have known the prisoner ever since he joined the Battalion, and he always appeared to be in his right senses. And on the night when he committed the fact he appeared to be sober; but I had no talk with him.
I never heard of any quarrel or ill
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