THOMAS O. SELFRIDGE,

ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BEFORE THE HON. ISAAC PARKER, ESQUIRE.

FOR KILLING

CHARLES AUSTIN,

ON THE PUBLIC EXCHANGE, IN BOSTON,

AUGUST 4th, 1806.

TAKEN IN SHORT HAND,
BY T. LLOYD, ESQ. REPORTER OF THE DEBATES OF CONGRESS, AND GŁO.
CAINBS, ESQ. LATE REPORTER TO THE STATE OF NEW-YORK.

AND SANCTIONED
BY THE COURT, AND REPORTER TO THE STATE.

PUBLISHED
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D the thirty-first year of the Independence of the United States of America, RUSSELL & CUTLER, BELCHER & ARMSTRONG, OLIVER & MUNROE, and WILLIAM BLAGROVE, of the said District, have deposited in this Office the Title of a Book, the Right whereof they claim as Proprietors, in the words following, to wit :

66 Trial of THOMAS O. SELFRIDGE, Attorney at Law, before the Hon. Isaac PARKER, Esq. for killing CHARLES AUSTIN, on the Public Exchange, in Boston, August 4th, 1806 ; taken in short hand, by T. Lloyd, Esq. Reporter of the Debates of Congress, and Geo. Caines, Esq, late Reporter to the State of New-York, and sanctioned by the Court, and Reporter to the State.”

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ADVERTISEMENT.

THE Publishers have spared no labour or expense, to obtain an authentic and accurate Report of this Trial.The evidence, being originally taken by two eminent Stenographers, has been compared by Mr. TYNG, Reporter of the Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court, with the Notes of the Testimony taken by him, and with the Minutes of the Hon. Judge, who sat in the Trial. The several Addresses have been submitted to, and corrected by the respective Speakers.