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Charged with Murder.

--Yesterday morning the County Court of Henrico was engaged in the trial of Colin Kitchen, charged with shooting and killing Benjamin B. Read, on the 14th of October last. The evidence proved that Read had charged Kitchen's wife with inconstancy, and had even told him that he (Read) had been intimate with her, and named other parties by whom he would prove the charge. Kitchen did not resent this, and matters passed on quietly for a week, when the parties had another meeting, high words ensued, the two clinched, and in the sniffle Read received a pistol shot which proved fatal two days thereafter. After hearing the evidence and a few remarks of counsel the case was given to the jury, by whom the prisoner was acquitted.

The Daily Dispatch: November 10, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. November 10, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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