The twelve days' trial of Dr. John W. Webster for the murder of Dr. Parkman : comprising the addresses of the counsel engaged, the examination of the 121 witnesses, the prisoner's singular defence, and the chief justice's charge to the jury, and his sentence on the prisoner.

  • John White Webster
Date:
1850
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Credit: The twelve days' trial of Dr. John W. Webster for the murder of Dr. Parkman : comprising the addresses of the counsel engaged, the examination of the 121 witnesses, the prisoner's singular defence, and the chief justice's charge to the jury, and his sentence on the prisoner. 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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    THE TWELVE DATS' TRIAL OF EBSTER, PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY, AT THE MEDICAL COLLEGE, BOSTON, TN THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE COMPRISING THE ADDRESSES OF THE COUNSEL ENGAGED, THE EXAMINATION OF THE 121 WITNESSES, THE PRISONER'S SINGULAR DEFENCE, AND THE CHIEF justice's CHARGE TO THE JURY, AND HIS SENTENCE ON THE PRISONER, PriiTtctr WtxhKtim from tT;e ^T)0rt--]^antr 0tiU^ ai t\)t f'rial. There are reporters here who will spread the evidence to which you have listened on the wings of the lightning to all lands and into all languages, and your action upon it will go with it to do honour to Massachusetts law, and to prove your deep reverence for the eternal principles of justice.—Speech of the United States'Attorney- Geiieral on the Trial of Professor Webster for Murder. A LONDON: JAMES GILBERT, 49 PATERNOSTER ROW. MDCCCL.