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NARA 237

State of Miss County of Waynes SS

Statement of Henry B Caker on Oath Swears that that on 10 day of January 1868 about dark I heard the report of a gun & Janous Car Colard Man told me that Frank Cotton had shot one of my hogs. I got my pistol and went in the deriction that I suposed he would acape with hay & I came up with him I had my pistol cocked in my hand I arested him it was about 80 yards from whare the hay was kild I took him back to the hay and made him lay adown by the hay and sent a boy to the House for a pair of hand cuf Locks to Secir him with and while the boy was gon Frank atempted to acape and in the scuffull my pistol went of and wonded Frank in the shoulder I did not entind to harm him The shot was acadental the above is the statement of H B Coker Resp H. R. Austin

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