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But did Richard Kent intend to kill his wife? That was the issue facing jurors at Hampshire Summer Assizes in 1864. Kent, a carpenter by trade, wanted to retrieve a shotgun he had lent to a neighbour. Is it loaded? he inquired of Mrs White in the absence of her husband. I cannot tell, she replied. Examining the firearm, he declared: One barrel is loaded, the other is not. He then took leave and returned home to find his wife Ann drunk. Are you fit to die? he bizarrely asked. Here s one barrel for you and one for me. The gun then went off but the cartridge missed her and she scurried down the road to the police. ....