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to see the discharged load take effect in the ground about 2 or 3 feet from where my son was standing. I struck Woodson with my fist having no weapon, and wrenched his gun from him. Beverly Gray was pointing his gun at my son Charles, and I heard Charles say take down your gun. Charles fired the load taking effect in Beverly's face, Supposing that Woodson would go away, I did not pursue him after he got into the road but instead of that he returned into my field took deliberate aim at my breast and the Cap only exploded without discharging his piece, he then placed another cap on the tube and put in a ball and call'd to me to give up his gun or he would blow my brains out, his gun aimed at me. I was in an open field and in great danger of my life, he seeing my two young sons coming up with their guns, changed his piece in a line with them and fired, tho without doing any damage except tearing up the ground near the smaller boy with the bullet he had hastily put in his gun. Woodson then started and ran up the road as he jumped over my fence and was I suppose a hundred yd's off  Charles fired at him, we then pursued him but to no