Report on the trial of Daniel H. Corey on an indictment for the murder of Mrs. Matilda Nash : at the term of the superior court of judicature holden at Keene, in the county of Cheshire, on the first Tuesday of October, A.D. 1830 / by Joel Parker.

  • Parker, Joel, 1799-1873.
Date:
1830
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Credit: Report on the trial of Daniel H. Corey on an indictment for the murder of Mrs. Matilda Nash : at the term of the superior court of judicature holden at Keene, in the county of Cheshire, on the first Tuesday of October, A.D. 1830 / by Joel Parker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Counsel for the prisoner objected to this juTor, that, coming from the vicinity of the place of the transaction, he had pro heard much conversation on the subject, by which his o might be influenced. They wished, they said, an imp of men who lived remote, and were not likely to have heard ai thing calculated to influence their decision. The Solicitor contended that the juror ought not to be rejected unless it appeared that he had actually formed an opinion—but the ormng ii:ably I \M Court said he might be- Luther Abbot, son, and Obed Slate, Hezekiah Horton, Abner Bayley, Ezra Baker, Paul Hunt, jr. John V. Wood, Phinehas Nurs, Thomas Thompson, Eber Tenney, Abiel Alger, James Downing, Passed by. Gilsum, Objected to for same rea- Passcd. Hinsdale, Do. JaffYey, Do. Do. Keene, Do. Do. Marlborough, Do. Challenged. Sworn. Do. Do. Do. Challenged. Do. Do. Sworn. Do. Marlow, was asked if he had form- ed an opinion—said that he had heard considerable upon the sub- ject and was Thomas P. Richardson, Marlow, count of vicinity, and Francis S. Bryant, Nelson, Amos Stoddard, Do. Moses Hale, Rindge, Isaac Wood, jr. Do, Charles Mixer, Do. Daniel Goodnow, Roxbury, that he had heard much said—and was Solomon Kingsbury, Roxbury, John D. Copeland, Stoddard, on account of vicinity. Rufus Wilson, Do. Lyman Copeland, Ellsworth Hubbard, Benjamin Kemp, jr. Seth Carpenter, Asahel Harvey, Luke Bennett, Passed. Objected to on ac- Passed. Sworn. Do. Challenged. Do. Do. On enquiry, replied, Passed. Sworn. Passed, Sworn. Do. Passed, on account of vicinity. Sullivan, Do. Do. Do. Surry, Do. Do. Do. Swanzey, Sworn. Eleven jurors having been selected, and the prison er's right of challenge not having yet been exhausted, his counsel said they were willing to take from the list not called, Luna Foster, Westmoreland, and he was ordered to be called and sworn, the Court remarking, that it was usual to permit the prisoner to select, from the list of jurors returned, much as he pleased ; and Mr. Woodbury observing, that such course was peculiarly proper in this case, as his counsel waived an excep- tion to the form of the list, as furnished him.*