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1 Statement of Reasons Showing the Illegality of that Verdict upon Which Sentence of Death has been Pronounced against John W. Webster for the Alleged Murder of George Parkman 1850

handle is hein.trials/aass0001 and id is 1 raw text is: STATEMENT OF REASONS SHOWING THE ILLEGALITY OF THAT VERDICT UPON WHICH SENTENCE OF DEATH HAS BEEN PRONOUNCED AGAINST JOHN W. WEBSTER FOR THE ALLEGED MURDER OF GEORGE PARKMAN. BY A MEMBER OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION. Prastare sostem dimitti, quam innocentem darnari.2-Juit. Civ. Ante mnia enirm, de corpore delicti constare, et inquiri debet.-Hus:ERaS. A single condemnation, without regard to law, whether in its forms or its princi- ples, is more dangerous to society, than the escape of a thousand malefactors; for such a condemnation, in over-earnestness to punish the guilty may become a precedent, which shall open the door to abuses, subversive of all legal protection to the innocent. BURKE. NEW-YORK: STRINGER & TOWNSEND, 222 BROADWAY. GEORGE F. NESBITT, PRINTER, Corer Wall and Water Streets. 1850.