The Proceedings of the Old Bailey

Reference Number	t16810117a-1
Verdict	Guilty > manslaughter

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  John Cooper and   Richard Johnson were Indicted for the Murther of one   Richard Washborne Gentleman , the circumstances as follow; the Prisoners being Sedanmen , had as they said, been carrying one Captain Lucy, and after having set him down, as they were going by  Nortnumberland-House, in the Strand , on the first of December , they Jostelled the deceased against the Rails, whereupon he struck them with his Cain, saying, that since they undertook the work of Horses, they ought to keep the Horse-way, this began the Quarrel, after which they fell to Fighting, in which conflict the deceased was so wounded and bruised, that in thirteen days after he dyed, whereupon the Evidence being heard for both parties, the Jury brought them in Guilty of Manslaughter .