Report of the case of John W. Webster, indicted for the murder of George Parkman, before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts : including the hearing on the petition for a writ of error, the prisoner's confessional statements and application for a commutation of sentence, and an appendix containing several interesting matters never before published / by George Bemis.

  • Webster, John White, 1793-1850.
Date:
1850
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Credit: Report of the case of John W. Webster, indicted for the murder of George Parkman, before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts : including the hearing on the petition for a writ of error, the prisoner's confessional statements and application for a commutation of sentence, and an appendix containing several interesting matters never before published / by George Bemis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    list, are those which designate the same parts, in the present catalogue: —) No. on Coroner's List. _ No on New List. 1. Fragments of cranium, a, 2. Fragments of the orbit of the eye, 1 3. Two fragments of the lower jaw, 11 4. Fragment of a humerus, (?) 14 5. Tip of the olecranon process of the ulna, 15 6. Terminal phalanx of a finger, 19 7. Fragments of a tibia, 21 8. Right astragalus, 24 9. Right os-calcis, 23 10. Fragment of the atlas, 12 11. Cervical vertebra, (its body united with the atlas (10), since detached,) 13 12. Phalanx of a toe, 30 13. Fragments undetermined, 35 Re-examination. Names of the bones identified, and the characters by which they were determined. Those about which a question existed, are marked as doubtful. [Received the fragments, (the second time,) January 24th, 1850.] No. 1. Frontal Bone. — Outer angle of the orbit, left side. — On this may be seen, — the outer portion of Temporal ridge, Part of the cavity of the orbit, Supra-orbital notch, Part of the frontal sinus. (This is No. 2, of the Coroner's list.) No. 2. Temporal Bone. — Petrous portion of the left side. — On this may be seen, Internal auditory foramen, Jugular fossa, Carotid canal, Fenestra ovalis. No. 3. Temporal Bone. — Digastric fossa of the left side, with a portion of the additamentum of the squamous suture. No. 4. Sphenoidal Bone. — Base of the great wing on the right side. — Foramen rotundum, Foramen ovale, Sphenoidal sinus, Vidian canal, Suture. No. 5. Temporal Bone. — (?) Mastoid process, Mastoid cells. No. 6. Parietal Bones.— (Several fragments.) Two tables, Vascular canals. — Impressions of Glands of Pacchioni. No. 7. Two fragments of the Occipital Bone. — a. Occipital protuberance, b. Left lateral portion, with canal for lateral sinus. (These fragments are continuous portions. ) No. la. Fragments of cranium not determined. — Some of them indicate fracture previous to burning. ^ B' T AJrewLof„theLe were found durinS ^ Second Search of the ashes, made at the Marshal s office.