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TRIAL OF JOHN W. WEBSTER.
NINTH DAY.-Thursday, March 28th.
The Court came in, at nine o'clock. The jury answered to their
names, and the counsel for the defence proceeded with the introduction
of their testimony.
Nathaniel I. Bowditch, sworn;-examined by Mr. Sohier. I reside
in Boston; have known Professor Webster, twenty years. I have never
heard his character, as a quiet and peaceable man, doubted. I should
think, that his general reputation has been that of a mild and amiable
man, though of a quick and irritable temper.
No cross-examination.
J. Dunham Hedge, sworn,-examined by Mr. Sohier. I reside at
Cambridge; have known Professor Webster, twenty-five years. I have
never known, or heard, anything against his character, as a quiet, peace-
able, and humane mall. I should think his reputation, was that of a
nervous and excitable man, but not passionate, or violent.
No cross-examination.
James Kavanagh, sworn,-examined by Mr. Sohier. I reside in Cam-
bridge; have lived there, sixteen years. I know Professor Webster,
and have lived with him, as a servant, three years. His reputation,
is that of a kind, agreeable, and peaceable man, though sometimes
hasty. I always found him kind and pleasant in his family.
No cross-examination.
Abraham Edwards, sworn,-examined by Mr. Sohier. I reside in
Cambridge; am the City Marshal of that city. I have known Professor
Webster, fifteen years; have lived in the same ward with him. I have
never known anything to the contrary, of his being a quiet, peaceable,
and humane man.
No cross-examination.
Peleg W. Chandler, sworn,-examined by Mr. Sohier. I am
acquainted with Professor Webster, and have been so, some twelve
years. I should think his estimation, was that of a timid, mild man,
deficient in energy of character, and strength of passion. I should think
his reputation for humanity decidedly favorable.
To the Attorney General.-I mean his passion would not be of a
strong and lasting description. h
Morrill Wyman, sworn,-examined by Mr. Sohier. I reside in Cam-
bridge; have been a neighbor of Professor Webster's, twelve years, and
been acquainted with him, some fifteen. So far as I know, and have
heard from others, his reputation has been that of a. kind, amiable,
and agreeable man.
No cross-examination.
Jared Sparks, sworn,-examined by Mr. Sohier.. I reside in Cam-
bridge; am President of Harvard University. I have been intimately
acquainted as a neighbor, there, with Professor Webster, for seventeen
years. From my own observation, I have never known anything of
him, but as a kind and amiable man; and up to the time of his arrest,
I had never heard anything by report, which did not strongly imply,
that he was ,a man of peaceable and humane character.
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