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Old Bailey, juicio t17721209-113 (1772-12-09) - Royal Offences > Tax offences himself, and got out of the water; that as he was rising, a smuggler upon a bald-faced horse, lifted up a whip, or stick, and threatened to knock him down, upon that recollecting he had a pistol in his waistcoat pocket, he presented it to him, upon which he gave back; that then Playford and Warren distinguished him, and Playford gave him his sword; he had wrested a whip from one of the smugglers, which he kept for his own defence; that then he and Playford stood back to back, and one of the smugglers, who was on his right, struck at the pistol, and knocked the cock down, but being wet it did not go off; that at the same time, another attacked him on the left with a large stick many times, which he held in both hands, because it was too large for one; (he described that man to be about the size and shape of the prisoner); that he was obliged to use the sword with his left hand while he held the pistol in his right; that he pricked him three times with his sword; that the last time he cut him on the cheek, under the left eye, upon which he gave back a little, which gave him an opportunity of changing his sword to his right hand, being released from the man he had presented the pistol at; that the smuggler continued to press upon him with his stick, upon which he pushed at him very hard; that he had a loose riding coat in, which seemed to prevent the sword penetrating; that the second time the sword…
Fuente: Old Bailey Proceedings Online (Univ. of Sheffield / Digital Humanities Institute), API dhi.ac.uk, mismo contenido que biglam/old_bailey_proceedings; CC BY-NC 4.0; https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/about/legal-info. CC BY-NC 4.0 (Old Bailey Online): solo uso NO comercial con atribución. Abrir la fuente
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Old Bailey, juicio t17721209-113 (1772-12-09) - Royal Offences > Tax offences himself, and got out of the water; that as he was rising, a smuggler upon a bald-faced horse, lifted up a whip, or stick, and threatened to knock him down, upon that recollecting he had a pistol in his waistcoat pocket, he presented it to him, upon which he gave back; that then Playford and Warren distinguished him, and Playford gave him his sword; he had wrested a whip from one of the smugglers, which he kept for his own defence; that then he and Playford stood back to back, and one of the smugglers, who was on his right, struck at the pistol, and knocked the cock down, but being wet it did not go off; that at the same time, another attacked him on the left with a large stick many times, which he held in both hands, because it was too large for one; (he described that man to be about the size and shape of the prisoner); that he was obliged to use the sword with his left hand while he held the pistol in his right; that he pricked him three times with his sword; that the last time he cut him on the cheek, under the left eye, upon which he gave back a little, which gave him an opportunity of changing his sword to his right hand, being released from the man he had presented the pistol at; that the smuggler continued to press upon him with his stick, upon which he pushed at him very hard; that he had a loose riding coat in, which seemed to prevent the sword penetrating; that the second time the sword…