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Richard Wilkinson (Col) being duly sworn deposeth as follows. heard that corn was stolen from Ruffins mill saw corn spilled all along the road. Met Jibbs on Friday morning, and told him what he had heard also told him of the corn tracks. do not know anything further. There being no further testimony the court unanimously decided the prisoner to be Not Guilty, and he was therefore discharged. Betsy Hughes (Col) Vs. Robert Sovett (Col) Charge............... Shooting a duck. Betsy Hughes (Col) Plaintiff being duly sworn deposeth as follows. Robert Sovert shot a duck belonging to her and on her complaining to him of it, he beat her with a ramrod of a gun. Rosa. Washington (Col) being duly sworn deposeth as follows. lives at Newtown was passing the house of Betsy Hughes when she saw Robert Sovet going into his corn. soon after heard a gun fired, and just as she had reached her own lot saw Betsy Hughes take something out of the pond which she believed to be a duck and went to Sovett. then saw her and Sovett have a scuffle and saw Sovett strike Hughes with a ramrod. Betsy then ran to the fence an broke off a slab, which she struck Sovett twice with.