Litchfield enquirer., 1862-04-17

Jo6n loo. Saw Futile between snd o'clocl en that afternoon, in, East St. When saw hin | called him sober. Left him at 4 o'clock. Gross Eramined.a Have known Futile II years; reside in Winsted Futile drank once witt me didn't see him drink with any one else, do n't know that he had been drinking anything else drank with him at MT. zWeavers grocery in Eas St. In no degree under the influence of liquor whSn saw him. ,I K Direct. drank with Futile between 3 and
 Cross Ercm;ned. Didn't see Tuttle drink q Kiuney's that afternoon; was on the stoop.
 . Cha. Le,cis. Saw Mr. Futile that afternoon q Sheldon Kinney's between 3 and 4 o'clock saw him when he drove away. Q-What wa his condition then q to being sober mani A appeared to be sober for anything saw.
 Cross Examined Was there when he cam' from the barn he came in, as Understood, iron cleaning his horse ;--saw him coming iron Adams' house, passed around to the barn-migh have1been an hour from the time he came iron the grocery. TuttIe spoke to mesand I to him saw him drink at Kinnsy's; asked me to drink He drank only once, aud then took glass Q tale beer" might have been ] an hour or 4 minutes in the room.
 Joha Igo. recalled. Futile called for gias of gin at Weavers. ssr .gs 4 4r.
 Laiks M;zer. The "sksletonn of Mir. Tuttl was . "road.skelston'' ''-heavier than g skeleton built for the track; there could be two person seated in it. iron brace in the bottom for the Iee distance between wheels is about an men 70 inches-have rode in this skeleton; think m .ns wheels came near together; all skele'ons ere built alike-.-the difference being in weight'
 Cross Eransined. Fore wheels are as large = hsu1 ~L>al~
 D;rscs. Hfdth of wagon track is fl. 5 m. Cross Examined Live in Ct. Harrington, Mass Connecticut track is feet wide .,
 Hubbard Thtaze, recalled Fore and hind wheels in this buggy were not oyer inches Don't know that father had anything to do witt the serenade-went up there and staid perhaps an hour, Woodford came out and said "Come boys, come and have something to take" Fla ther went away in about Is or 20 minutes after
 Gross Examined. Wouldn't be positive whethor father found gun on that occasion ol not. rs. =.-.. ~e,..--.
 Mrs. Uarissa 1hsle.--The mother of James Futile; occupied the front part Of the house James was my agent in managing the property It is part of witnesses dover that Woodford occupied. Went up the day of the death, and saw James lying in the door yard his head was lying toward the street; didn't look for any marks, lwitnsss visibly afscted) the path whore he was lying was common entrance for both.
 Cross Ezamined--I rented the whole house to Woodford years ago; heard James say that Woodford swore he would shoot him because he plowsd the land, and went into the house to gel his gun.
 Seth Wilder-W Vas present when the waddng was found in the highway; gentleman named Hamilton, discovered the wad. and stepped up and,examined it, and it appeared to be gun wad and smelt like powder; after the Jury re turned from MT. Halls examined the pieces of the wad and compared them with the wad drawn from the other barrel, and they seemed to be from the same paper. Very plainly smell of powder about the wad.
 Gross Examined.-W Wad lay little north of line running from the house to the road run ming into the yard. It was little north of the froat door, wasn't Q great way north; my i'm prsssion is that some one picked up piece of paper besides myself; it was small piece of pa per I; can't say whether it was rolled up or not i; was dark colored as though it had been scorched; couldn't have got sentence out of it; might have got a word; picked up the paper between and 10; couldn't be mistaken about the smell.
 Direct.-- Wasn't quite as much gathered up as the wad in the other barrel.
 Ar. Wilder recalled-These wads were com pared m the office. D. B. Wheelock.--After the wad was picked up, Mir. s. King stamped an old bone in the ground iu the place where the wad was found :; saw him do it; or saw it little after it was done; it was found little south of the tree. Cross Eramtnation.-The hat was found on the east side of the road. about feet north from the place where the wagon track turned near the east track of the wagon; saw the bone with In on1 ofk sk l~l :. the earth. Could have stated within five feet or less where the wad was found.
 Hubbard Futile, recalled.-Was not positive about the bottle (produced in court,) ss being the identical bottle taken from Tuttls pocket, think it was. s
 lThs Prosecution here rested at 1915 A. MI .-..~,.a3 TIE DEFENCE
 John Boyd. Have known Woodford from a boy, though have only resided near to him a portion of his life. 4
 Q. What is his character as @ peaceful citi zen in the community?
 A. am not aware that he has been consider Cd quarrelsome man, rather of jov:al dispo- sition; he has been in litigation with number of men.
 Wm. c. Coe. |" Have always known Wood. ford since have known anybody" known him as well as know anybody have heard him called quarrelsome think nine. .tenths of the community would put it so; Mr. Boyd has put itperhaps as we'll as could; Ldon't know that lhaye ever heard his character discussed. \, Wm. c. Phelps. Have known Woodford for tne last years; general character, as far as l have ever heard it, is better than the most ot w never have heard of any personal combats N, Iross. Ezan'snsd,-Q. What do you mean by Ais being better than the most of us?
 A. include myself
 9 Did you ever have any personal contesta A. presume one man here could answe, Natl Laughter in the Court. "
 Lasnsan Smith.-Have known W. from hoy General character in community is good.
 4oses Camp.--Have resided near w. for mos % years have never heard his general charac ter questioned for amiability, &c.
 Moses M Cdmp.-Have known Mr. ". som ls years. Reputation in my neighborhood i that of man not quarrelsome.
 Lsseims Clark.-Had known Woodford as ma ny as 30 years; never heard it said of him tha he was . quarrelsome man.
 Sasssel NesotoH.--Acquainted with v. Ger sral character is good for peacefdlness, &c.
 John I. Rock,ceH.- Have known " l5 years never heard his character for peacefalness, &e called ir question; never heard word said on way or the other.
 L '. Beecher.-Haye known " for 20 year, Outside of these litigations, suppose his cha, actsr good for peacefulness, &c.
 Sansaee ". Coe.--Have known ". from boy Outside of these difficulties, have never hear, hs peacefulness questioned
 7. Waiting. Acquainted with ". 8 or years. Know nothing but that his character i good outside of these matters.
 Hsttenaon Fylcr-Have known him % or B {earsi nearest neighbor. Know nothing agains nn cnaracter