Report of the trial of Leavitt Alley : indicted for the murder of Abijah Ellis, in the Supreme judicial court of Massachusetts / reported by Franklin Fiske Heard.

  • Alley, Leavitt
Date:
1875
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Credit: Report of the trial of Leavitt Alley : indicted for the murder of Abijah Ellis, in the Supreme judicial court of Massachusetts / reported by Franklin Fiske Heard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Augustus Hardy & Co., Nos. 7 and 8 Charlestown Street; on the 6th of November last, we delivered a lot of windows to Leavitt Alley to be taken to Cordis Street; I think it was about nine o'clock in the morning when Alley came, but I can't fix the time exactly ; Alley's wagon stood in front of the door; as the windows were not ready, Alley said he would go to Court Square ; he went away and returned again ; should think it took an hour to get the windows ready, and I helped load them in the wagon ; Alley was not there when it was done ; it was the first load of goods that had been delivered that day. At this stage of the trial, the Court adjourned till Monday morning. The Court instructed the sheriff to make the jury as comfort- able as possible during the Sabbath, and to permit them to ride out or walk in company with officers if they desired. SEVENTH DAY. — Monday, 10th February. John Batterman sworn. Am a blacksmith, at Nos. 471 and 473 Harrison Avenue ; there is an entrance to my place from Washington Street, and on the south side of Dover Street; have known Alley for four or five years. [Paper shown wit- ness, which he said was in the handwriting of his son, and was an order for the delivery of a lot of steel.] Mr. Dahney asked the witness if Alley delivered the steel on the order on the morning of the 5th of November. The Attorney-General objected, on the ground that it failed to connect the witness with the order. Witness continued : I gave the order to Mr. Alley, and was at my shop when the goods were delivered, and helped take them from the wagon ; should think they were delivered be- tween nine and ten o'clock in the forenoon ; the day was Tues- day, election day. Arthur W. Forbes recalled. He said he desired to correct his testimony relative to the distance between Metropolitan