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the prisoner, John Corbin in the crowd of negroes, in which Veney was also,-and just behind and in the rear of Corbin-This Corbin drew a revolver from his clothes and pointed it in the direction of the posse, accompanying Bryant. They did not know whether Corbin shot or not. They could not say they saw any smoke from Corbin's Pistol, but they all were shure they heard three shots, and one of the witnesses named Carter, (this is the man who was so fierce to cut Veney's throat on stoop) said that he heard a ball whiz past his head, as he turned to step aside from Bryant, with whom he was standing side=by=side, at the time. He moved he said, for fear he would be shot. That he was so excited for fear of being shot that he could not swear, Corbin shot his pistol he saw held in his hand. He saw no smoke near Corbin. He heard three shots however. Three witnesses for Bryant, also swore that they saw Bryants pistol afterwards, and that there were no loads in it, except one, that being the one the pistol snaped upon.  They swore that Bryant had told them, that there were but three loads in the pistol, when he got it.

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