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Voluntary manslaughter
--The time of Judge Lyons's Court on Saturday was occupied in the trial of Robert Patterson, charged with the murder of Richard McMullen.
The shooting, which resulted in the death of McMullen, occurred at Patterson's house, beyond the new aims-house, and was done, as Patterson alleged, because he thought McMullen was stealing his goose.
McMullen died in a few minutes after being shot, and so explanation was therefore afforded by him as to why he came to be on PattPatterson's lot. The jury, after hearing the evidence, returned a verdict of guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and assessed Patterson's term of confinement in the Penitentiary at one year.
Having been in that institution once before, five years will be, after hearing the evidence, returned a verdict of guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and assessed Patterson's term of confinement in the Penitentiary at one year.
Having been in that institution once before, five years will be added to his term.