THE TRIAL

OP

WILLIAM FREEMAN,

FOR

THE MURDER OF JOHN G. VAN NEST,

INCLUDING THE

EVIDENCE AND THE ARGUMENTS OF COUNSEL,

WITH THE

DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT GRANTING A NEW TRIAL,

AND AN ACCOUNT of the death of THE PRISONER, AND OF THE POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION OF

HIS BODY BY AMARIAH BRIGHAM, M. D. AND OTHERS.

REPORTED BY

BENJAMIN F. HALL,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW.

CAUBURN:

DERBY, MILLER & CO. PUBLISHERS.

1848.