Report of the trial of Prof. John W. Webster, indicted for the murder of Dr. George Parkman : before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, holden at Boston, on Tuesday, March 19, 1850 / phonographic report by James W. Stone.

  • Webster, John White, 1793-1850.
Date:
1850
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Credit: Report of the trial of Prof. John W. Webster, indicted for the murder of Dr. George Parkman : before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, holden at Boston, on Tuesday, March 19, 1850 / phonographic report by James W. Stone. 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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    morrow morning, at nine o'clock. The prisoner was accordingly manacled and remanded, and the Court adjourned. After Prof. Webster had entered the carriage, and was driven towards the jail, the crowd outside the Court-house dispersed in a quiet and orderly manner. The prisoner's deportment, after his return to his cell, was marked by calmness, and he seemed much bowed down with affliction. Thoughts of his family were uppermost in his mind. Many distin- guished gentlemen called to see him during the day, and all the con- solation possible has been afforded to him. In the afternoon, the wife and daughters of Prof. Webster visited him, and passed several hours in his cell. They retired at sunset. Thus ended a trial which has probably created greater interest and excitement than any event that has occurred for years in the city of Boston.