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TRIAL OF JOHN fir. WEBSTER.
so the Jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do say, that the said
John W. Webster, him the said George Parkman, in manner arid form
aforesaid, then and there feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice afore-
thought, did kill and murder: against the peace and dignity of the
Commonwealth aforesaid, and contrary to the form of the statute in
such case made and provided.
And the Jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further pre-
sent:- That the said John W. Webster, at Boston aforesaid, in the
county aforesaid, on the twenty-third day of November last past, in and
upon the said George Parkman, feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice
aforethought, did make an assault; and that he, the said John W. Web-
ster, then and there, with a certain hammer which he, the said John W.
Webster, in both hands, then and there had and held, him, the said
George Parkman, in and upon the head of him, the said George Park-
m,an, then and there feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice afore-
thought, did strike,-giving unto him, the said George Paskman, then
and there with the hammer aforesaid, by the stroke aforesaid, in man-
ner aforesaid, in and upon the head of him the said George Parkman,
one mortal wound:-of which said mortal wound, he, the said George
Parkman, then and there instantly died.-And so the Jurors afore-
said, upon their oaths aforesaid, do say, that the said John W. Webster,
him, the said George Parkman, in manner and form aforesaid, then
and there feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, did kill
and murder:--against the peace of said Commonwealth, and contrary
to the form of the statute in such case made and provided.
And the Jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further
present:-That the said John W. Webster, at Boston aforesaid, in .the
county aforesaid, on the twenty-third day of November last past, in and
upon the body of the said George Parkman, feloniously, wilfully, and
of his malice aforethought, did make an assault; and that the said John
W. Webster, then and there, with his hands and feet, him, the said
George Parkman, feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought,
did strike, beat and kick, in and upon the head, breast, back, belly,
sides, and other parts of the body of him, the said George Parkman,
and did, then and there, feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice afore-
thought, cast and throw the said George Parkman, down, unto, and
upon the floor, with ,great force and violence there-,-giving unto said
George Parkman, then and there, as well as by the beating, striking,
and kicking of him, the said George Parkman, in manner and form
aforesaid, as by the casting and throwing of him, the said George Park-
man, down as aforesaid, several mortal strokes, wounds and bruises,
in and upon the head, breast, back, belly, sides and other parts of .the
body of him, the said George Parkman:-of which said mortal strokes,
wounds and bruises, he, the said George Parkman, then and there in-
stantly died.-And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid,
do say that the said John W. Webster, him, the said George Parkman,
in manner and form aforesaid, then and there feloniously, wilfully,
and of his malice aforethought, did kill and murder:-against the peace
of said Commonwealth, and contrary to the form of the statute in such
case made and provided.
And the Jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further pre-
sent:-That the said John W. Webster, at Boston aforesaid, in the
county aforesaid, in a certain building known as the Medical College,
there situate, on the twenty-third day of November last past, in and
upon the said George Parkman, feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice
aforethought, did make an assault; and him, the said George Parkman,
in some way and manner, and by some means, instruments, and
weapons, to the Jurors unknown, did then and there feloniously, wil-
fully, and of malice aforethought, deprive of life;-so that he, the said
George Parkman, then and there died.-And so that 'the Jurors aforesaid,
upon their oath aforesaid, do say, that the said John W. Webster, him,
the said George Parkman, in the manner and by the means aforesaid,
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