John White Webster Trial
In 1849-50 Judge Merrick was senior defense counsel in the Parkman-Webster murder case The gruesome murder drew national attention and although Judge Merrick lost the case, he received much notoriety for the case.
The Boston Globe reported Merrick's response, that upon the verdict, "In a moment or two, his senior counsel, Judge MERRICK, to the dock, and addressed a few words to the prisoner, to which, so far as we could judge, he replied.— Judge Merrick was deeply affected, and so agitated that he could hardly stand."
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