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reply of the prisoner was "If you strike me in that manner again with your sword, I will run you through, " at the same time altering the position of his fire-lock (which was at a shoulder) in a menacing and a contemptuous
manner.
The Court having therefore considered the evidence, is of opinion that the prisoner has transgressed the Sixth Article contained in an Act of the Congress of the United States,
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