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56 DUNDEE COURT-MARTIAL RECORDS
lost, John Dodd demanded the monie which hee had
won by the race, but Henry Thompson refused itt. Soe
the deponent went to putt uppe his horse into the stable,
and John Dodd went into the chamber where Robert
Wylde was in bed, and half an hower after Henry Thomp¬
son came uppe, the deponent coming in found them
together by the eares, and Henry Thompson had broke
John Dodd’s head with a pistoll, soe hee coming uppe
parted them and pulled Henry Thompson from John Dodd
and Robert Wylde. That presentlie after the deponent
had parted them they fell into words againe, and John
Dodd snach’t a dagger from his side and stabb’d him.
The marke of x Geo. Cutter.
The examination of John Dodd, taken December 20,
1651, saith, that about 3 or 4 of the clock on Munday
morning last this deponent, George Cutter, and Henry
Thompson being att this examinant’s quarters in Cowper,
Henry Thompson and Geo. Cutter having chang’d horses,
and afterwards Henry Thompson challeng’d Cutter to
run with him in the morning which they did agree to
for 40s a side, and this deponent was to beare share with
Cutter, but the said Thompson being in drinke would
needs run then, which being yeelded unto this examinant
beate him thrice. Afterwards this deponent coming to
his quarters and putting off his clothes with intention
to goe to bed, the said Henry Thompson came into this
examinant’s chamber, and call’d him rogue and rascall,
and after punching him brake his head with a pistoll.
and after that had one hand in the examinant’s haire,
and the other att his throate. That Cutter came in and
parted them, the said Thompson having throwne this
deponent downe and Robert Wylde uppon him (who was
then risen to part them). That being parted they fell
againe to blowes, the said Thompson pulling the examinant
by the haire and clos’d with him which occasion’d him to
strike att the said Thompson with a pockett dagger.
The marke X of John Dodde.
The examinante John Dodde confesses the fact wherof
lost, John Dodd demanded the monie which hee had
won by the race, but Henry Thompson refused itt. Soe
the deponent went to putt uppe his horse into the stable,
and John Dodd went into the chamber where Robert
Wylde was in bed, and half an hower after Henry Thomp¬
son came uppe, the deponent coming in found them
together by the eares, and Henry Thompson had broke
John Dodd’s head with a pistoll, soe hee coming uppe
parted them and pulled Henry Thompson from John Dodd
and Robert Wylde. That presentlie after the deponent
had parted them they fell into words againe, and John
Dodd snach’t a dagger from his side and stabb’d him.
The marke of x Geo. Cutter.
The examination of John Dodd, taken December 20,
1651, saith, that about 3 or 4 of the clock on Munday
morning last this deponent, George Cutter, and Henry
Thompson being att this examinant’s quarters in Cowper,
Henry Thompson and Geo. Cutter having chang’d horses,
and afterwards Henry Thompson challeng’d Cutter to
run with him in the morning which they did agree to
for 40s a side, and this deponent was to beare share with
Cutter, but the said Thompson being in drinke would
needs run then, which being yeelded unto this examinant
beate him thrice. Afterwards this deponent coming to
his quarters and putting off his clothes with intention
to goe to bed, the said Henry Thompson came into this
examinant’s chamber, and call’d him rogue and rascall,
and after punching him brake his head with a pistoll.
and after that had one hand in the examinant’s haire,
and the other att his throate. That Cutter came in and
parted them, the said Thompson having throwne this
deponent downe and Robert Wylde uppon him (who was
then risen to part them). That being parted they fell
againe to blowes, the said Thompson pulling the examinant
by the haire and clos’d with him which occasion’d him to
strike att the said Thompson with a pockett dagger.
The marke X of John Dodde.
The examinante John Dodde confesses the fact wherof
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| Description | Third volume. Contents: Dundee court-martial records, 1651 / edited by Godfrey Davies -- The bishop of Galloway's correspondence, 1679-1685 / edited by William Douglas -- The diary of Sir James Hope, 1646-1654 / edited by Sir James Balfour Paul -- Instructions for the trial of Patrick Graham, 1476 / edited by Robert Kerr Hannay -- The Scottish contributions to the distressed church of France, 1622 / edited by D. Hay Fleming -- The Forbes baron court book, 1659-1678 / edited by J. Maitland Thomson. |
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