Report of the trial of Willard Clark, indicted for the murder of Richard W. Wight, before the Superior Court of Connecticut
Subtitle: holden at New Haven, on Monday, September 17, 1855
By: by H.H. McFarland, assisted by the Counsel for the State and Defense.
Contributors: McFarland, H. H.; Connecticut. Superior Court.
Publisher: Thomas H. Pease
Published: 1855
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
Subjects: Clark, Willard -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Wight, Richard W., d. 1855.; Trials (Murder) -- Connecticut.
Genres: Trials, litigation, etc.
Other titles: Trial of Willard Clark for the murder of Richard W. Wight
Description: Clark was apparently infatuated with a girl who married Wight. With no warning he shot Wight through the head while Wight was kneeling to tie a bundle. The crime and trial were in New Haven, Connecticut; Clark was acquitted on the ground of insanity.
Notes: Cohen, M.L.  Bib. of early Amer. law 12420
McDade, T.M.  Murder 178