A MINUTE AND CORRECT ACCOUNT OF THE TRIAL OF LUCIAN HALL, BETHUEL ROBERTS AND WILLIAM H. BELL FOR MURDER, AT THE MIDDLESEX SUPERIOR COURT, CONNECTICUT, FEBRUARY TERM, 1844. WITH THE INDICTMENT: NAMES OF THE GRAND AND PETIT JURORS; THE TESTIMONY IN FULL: THE CHARGE OF THE COURT TO THE PETIT JURY: ADDRESSES OF COUNSEL: AND THE SENTENCE UPON THE PRISONER: WITH THE JUDGE'S ADDRESS TO HIM; ACCOMPANIED WITH PLATES AND CUTS REPRESENTING THE HOUSE IN WHICH THE MURDER WAS COMMITTED: THE COUNTRY AND LOCALITIES BETWEEN THAT AND THE RESIDENCE OF HALL: SHOWING HIS ROUTE: WITH HIS CONFESSION SIGNED BY HIMSELF, AND A FAC SIMILE OF HIS SIGNATURE TO THE SAME; AND A REPRESENTATION OF THE WOUNDED AND BLOODY RIGHT HAND: AND OTHER INTERESTING MATTERS RELATING TO THE MURDER AND TRIAL.
Middletown, Conn. Charles H. Pelton, printer, 1844. [2], 40 pp, with one folded plate. Stitched, original printed brown wrappers [front wrapper detached along the inner margin, and outer blank corner chipping]. Scattered light foxing. Else Very Good. Folding map frontis, with the map's legend on verso of title page; diagram..... More