George Parkman (February 19, 1790 – November 23, 1849), a Boston Brahmin and a member of one of Boston's richest families, was a prominent physician, businessman, and philanthropist, as well the victim in the sensationally gruesome Parkman–Webster murder case, which shook Boston in 1849–1850. (From Wikipedia)
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Trial of Professor John W. Webster for the Murder of Doctor George Parkman, Reported Exclusively for the New York Daily Globe (New York: Stringer and Townsend, 1850), ed. by New York Daily Globe, contrib. by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and John White Webster (page images at HathiTrust)- Trial of Professor John W. Webster for the Murder of Dr. George Parkman in the Medical College, November 23, 1849 (Boston: J. A. French, 1850), contrib. by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and John White Webster (page images at HathiTrust)
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Report of the trial of Prof. John W. Webster, indicted for the murder of Dr. George Parkman, before the Supreme judicial court of Massachusetts, holden at Boston, on Tuesday, March 19, 1850. (Phillips, Sampson & company, 1850), by John White Webster, James W. Stone, and Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (page images at HathiTrust)- A review of the Webster case. (J. S. Redfield, 1850), by A. Oakey Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
- Report of the case of John W. Webster ... indicted for the murder of George Parkman ... before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts; including the hearing on the petition for a writ of error, the prisoner's confessional statements and application for a commutation of sentence, and an appendix containing several interesting matters never before published. (Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1850), by John White Webster, George Bemis, and Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (page images at HathiTrust)
- The extraordinary confession of Dr. John White Webster, of the murder of Dr. George Parkman, at the medical college in North Grove Street, on the 23d of November, 1849 : containing also his former petition for pardon on the ground of innocence, with the proceedings before the Governor and Council, and their decision in the case. (Hotchkiss, 1850), by John White Webster (page images at HathiTrust)
- The trial of Prof. John W. Webster, indicted for the murder of Dr. George Parkman, at the Medical college (North Grove street) on the 23d of November, 1849. Supreme judicial court, before Chief Justice Shaw, and Associate Justices Wilde, Dewey, and Metcalf. Counsel for the government, Attorney General J.H. Clifford, and George Bemis, esq. Counsel for the defence, Hon. Pliny Merrick, and E.D. Sohier, esq. (Redding & company, 1850), by John White Webster and Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (page images at HathiTrust)