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Trial of Thomas O. Selfridge Attorney at Law before the Hon. Isaac Parker, Esquire for killing Charles Austin, on the public exchange in Boston, August 4th, 1806.
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Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court. Caines, George, 1771-1825. Lloyd, Thomas, 1756-1827.
Date Added
11 January 2014
Publish Date
1808
Publisher
Boston: Russell and Cutler, Belcher and Armstrong, and Oliver and Munroe.
Topic
Austin, Charles, d. 1806. Trials (Murder) > Massachusetts.
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TRIAL OF T. 0, SELFRIDGE, ESQ. 83
Gore. Did he: ‘tell: you whether any body applied to Austin a-
bout it? |
A. Yes, He told me he had applied himself to Mr. Austin to,
contradict the report, but he had not done it, ’
Dexter, Did he not inform you, that Austin had confessed that
he was wrong in what he had reported, and that he promised to
contradict it, and ° that afterwards he refused to comply with his
promise? :
A. 1 think he did.
Att. Gen. Was it that Mr. Austia refused to contradict yerbal-
ly what had been said, or that he refused to sign a paper?
* A. Tamnot certain of that point.
| Dexter. Did you understand that. Mr. Austin was to contradict
the aspersion to the same individuals before whom it was made ?
A. V understood he was to contradict it to the same. individuals.
T. O. Selfridge: Did V not say that if he would, recal his expres-
sions, I would be satisfied ?
A. 1 do not recollect. — i did not, endeayour ‘to fix the particulars
in niy mind.”
TL 0. Sel; lfridge. Did not I say that I had ordered the publication
to be suspended for two or three days, in order to give him an op-
portunity” of retracting what he had said ?
» A. Yes, mo
7.0. Selfridge. Did not I mention to you that the last inéssage
T received from him was, that I was a damned rascal, ‘and: that I
might help myselfas well as I could.
A. I do not recollect, but there was something to that effect. ‘I
have the impression from what was said that it was an offensive
message.
_ Gore, Was he your classmate at College ? 2
A. Yes.:
Gore. Was he not of avery, weakly constitytion, and very much
debilitated ?
A, He never was robust or hearty.
Gore, Did he mix with you and your companions at College i in
- manly or athletic exercises ?
.. A. donot think that he did; but if he did, Tam confident he
" never excelled in any of them.
T. O. Selfridge. Do you recollect that I lost the use of my
limbs some time < AGO ; that I never run, but walk deliberate and
SiOW
A. ‘1 do not know myself that you ever lost the use of your
limbs, nor do I recollect that I eyer saw you run.
Att, Gen. Did he say any: thing about. declining to go to law.
with Mr. Austin, in order to pr ocure satisfaction for the i injury of
which he complained. ©
4, Ido not think he mentioned any thing of that kind to me.