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PREFACE
TO THE SECOND EDITTON.
THE great interest taken in the trial of Prof. Web-
ster -- a trial which, since its commencement, has
absorbed the attention of the entire community -
has induced the publishers to furnish an accurate edi-
tion, for preservation, and future reference. They have
spared no expense to secure the most thorough and
correct report which it was possible to make. All,
except the testimony, was phonographically reported
by Dr. Stone, and we have reason to believe that it
will meet the expectations of the public. Arrange-
ments of the most complete character were also effect-
ed with other reporters, to obtain a faithful report of
the evidence.
The charge of Chief Justice Shaw, and the argu-
ments of Mr. Clifford, have been carefully corrected by
their authors. The arguments of Messrs. Merrick and
Sohier have not been revised by themselves ; but we
present our report of them to the public with the
assurance that it can be relied upon as substantially
correct. Of this, the established reputation for fidel-
ity and accuracy of the reporter, Dr. Stone, is a suffi-
cient guaranty; and the publishers cannot but believe
that those of our citizens who were present during the
trial will agree with them, that the report is a faith-
ful transcript of the speeches as delivered by their
authors.
This edition contains, in an Appendix, the verdict
of the Coroner's Jury, the deposition of Dr. Martin
Gay, and other valuable and interesting papers, not
contained in any other edition.
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