decd called for a drink & said he would give him a trial as soon as he got the drink After decd took a drink he went out & had a chat with his brother ... & took another drink

he heard Thomas Prince say to decd that decd had cut a button off his Princes coat and decd denied it Prince came to the door of S. C. Scotts Piazza and cursed decd for everything he could think of Prince walked off & returned and cursed decd again and witness told Prince it would not do to fight in the house ... they continued to curse each other Prince shaking his left hand in decd face and decd struck Prince with his fist they had been daring each other to strike as soon as decd struck Prince Prince made three licks at decd first in the side, then in the shoulder, & then in the neck, which cut a large gash in the neck of decd