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TRIAL OF JOHN W. WEBSTER. 1~
Joel Giles, sworn,-examined by Mr. Sohier. I am an attorney at
law; reside in Cambridge, (in summer,) and partly in Boston, (in win-
ter.) I have known Professor Webster, since 1829. So far as my knowl-
edge goes, his reputation for peacefulness and humanity has been good.
I have never heard any acts of violence, or inhumanity imputed to
him.
No cross-examination.
Edmund T. Hastings, sworn,-examined by Mr. Sohier. I reside in
Medford; have formerly been a merchant. I am well acquainted with
Professor Webster, having known him since 1825. I sold him the lot
of land on which he built his house, in 1834, and have since sold him
two other lots. I never heard anything to the contrary, of his being
a quiet, peaceable, and humane man, until since his arrest. Though
I have not lived in Cambridge, since 1834, I had been much there, and
have had opportunity to hear of his character, if it had been called in
question.
No cross-examination.
John A. Fulton, sworn,-examined by Mr. Sohier. I reside in Cam-
bridge, and am a painter, by trade. I have known Professor Webster,
for the last twelve of fourteen years. My opinion of him has always
been, as of a mild, amiable, peaceable, and quiet gentleman; and I have
never heard any other character of him.
Cross-examined by the Attorney General.-I have no recollection of
having ever witnessed any acts of the defendant's, of a different char-
acter, from that which I have ascribed to him. I don't know that he is
an irritable man. I recollect, that he took an active part in decorating
Harvard Hall, at Cambridge, on the occasion of the late inauguration,
and that he received orders to stop: but I did not notice, that he was
made very angry by it. He was disappointed and proceeded to remove
some of the decorations; but I never saw, or heard, that he tore them
down, or manifested any passion on the occasion.
James D. Green, sworn,-examined by Mr. Sohier. I reside in Cam-
bridge; have been Mayor of the city: but am not so now. I have known
Professor Webster, for fifteen or twenty years, more especially, during
the last six or seven. So far as I am able to judge, he has been regarded
in the community, as a quiet, peaceable, and humane man.
No cross-examination.
Charles M. Hovey, sworn,-examined by Mr. Sohier. I reside in Cam-
bridge; keep a seed-store in Boston. I have known Professor Webster,
for twenty, or twenty-five years. He has been held very high in public
estimation, as a peaceable and humane man; as high as one would wish
to be.
Daniel Tredwell, sworn,-examined by Mr. Sohier. I reside at Cam-
bridge; have been connected with the College, as Rumford Professor,
for eleven years; but am not so, now. I have known Professor Webster,
nearly thirty years. I think, that he has been esteemed a peaceable
and humane man; perhaps, rather nervous and irritable, yet quite a
hamless man.
No cross-examination.
At this point, at seven minutes to seven o'clock, P. M., the Court
adjourned to tomorrow morning, at the usual hour.
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