Title: Report of the trial of Willard Clark, indicted for the murder of Richard W. Wight, before the Superior Court of Connecticut
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.
Subjects: Trials (Murder), Trials, litigation, Insanity Defense, Homicide, Insanity (Law)
Places: Connecticut
People: Richard W. Wight (d. 1855), Willard Clark