Essentially, it is of no matter, as malice aforethought and deliberate design mean the same thing.
Shorty with malice aforethought, deliberately and intentionally, and with callous and wanton disregard for human life.
It's a matter of malice aforethought on the part of persons unknown.
The unlawful killing of a human being by another with malice aforethought, either express or implied.
But it was a judgment that was made on the part of that petty officer with certainly no malice aforethought.
British Dictionary definitions for aforethought
aforethought
/əˈfɔːˌθɔːt/
adjective
1.
(immediately postpositive) premeditated (esp in the phrase malice aforethought)
Word Origin and History for aforethought
adj.
1580s, from afore + past tense of think. Apparently an English loan-translation of Old French legalese word prepense (see prepense) in malice prepense "malice aforethought" (Coke).