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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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.
Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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![College, and the sheds in its vicinity ; more there, than any- where else, within the same extent. [Here the counsel for the defence, intimated that they had no more questions to put to the witness; and the Court took a recess, for a few minutes. Subsequently, on the resumption of the session, Mr. Merrick stated, that he had another inquiry or two, to make of the witness, and he resumed the stand.] Mr. Littlefield, — Cross-examination continued: — to Mr. Merrick. — I was at the toll-house on Craigie's Bridge, Sunday afternoon, about dark ; was there with Mr. Todd, on the way to East Cambridge. I do n't recollect saying, in any conver- sation which I had there, that I saw Dr. Parkman come into, and afterwards go out of the College. I never said so ; for I never saw him enter, or go out. I never said, there, that I saw Dr. Webster pay him any money; nor that I knew that he had so paid him. I do n't remember seeing a Mr. Green in the toll-house, at the time. Re-examined by Mr. Clifford.— I did not see the first adver- tisement in Saturday evening's newspapers. I never have made, or intended to make, any claim for either of the rewards which have been offered. I have so declared, and now state, that I disavow all claim, henceforth. As to the day, when Dr. Webster gave me the order for the turkey, I happened to speak to my wife about its being Wednesday, and she said, that I was mistaken ; that it was Tuesday. I then went to Mr. Foster, and found the date of the charge, the same as that upon the order. It was voluntary on my part, going to Mr. Merrill to correct my evidence ; without consultation with any government officer. I only went once to correct my testimony. I was two days in testifying before the coroner's jury. I signed the book, and my deposition, at the same time. The first time, that I ever saw the cuts, or hacks, in the sink, on the laboratory-floor, was that Saturday, after Dr. Webster's arrest. They may have been there, before, but I never saw them. I never knew Dr. Webster to have any other keys, than those of his own rooms, and of the dissecting-room. A key to the front door, was found in Dr. Webster's private room, after his arrest. I only knew, that Dr. Leigh, and myself, had one. To a Juror.—It was after I saw Dr. Webster, Sunday evening, that I went over to the toll-house ; it was after dark. To the Foreman. — I do not know, that any ice was ever 12](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21163194_0159.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
