Download or read book A 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 (Classic Reprint) written by John White Webster and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A 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 To sustain the second averment of the defence, the prisoner relies, so far as regards the first branch of it, upon the entire absence of all proof, by the prosecution, of a death caused by violence and, so far as regards the second branch of it, first, upon the total absence of all legal proof of the corpus delicti, and second, upon the evidence of his high and irreproachable character during a long life, and the utter inadequacy of the presumptive evidence to connect him with the murder, if any has been committed. And here closes our prefatory statement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.