Sentence:  Gentlemen of the Jury, I think I need say but little on this matter: They all confess the <WSD>fact</WSD> of which they stand indicted. Some of them were old offenders, and all of them were proved to be at the taking of capt. Manwareing's sloop, and all took their shares: so that I think the <WSD>fact</WSD> is very fully and clearly proved upon them. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A wrongful or criminal deed.