Sat Sep 24, 1791: Last Wednesday Sela_ [either Selan or Selah] Sheldon of Windsor, was tried before the Superior Court, for the murder of his infant child. The trial lasted all day, and the [cause] was finally submitted to the Jury without argument, who soon found a verdict for the prisoner. There was no doubt that Sheldon killed the child, but it was fully proved that he was at the time, as he had before been,
insane.
insane.
Sat Sep 24, 1791: Last Wednesday Sela_ [either Selan or Selah] Sheldon of Windsor, was tried before the Superior Court, for the murder of his infant child. The trial lasted all day, and the [cause] was finally submitted to the Jury without argument, who soon found a verdict for the prisoner. There was no doubt that Sheldon killed the child, but it was fully proved that he was at the time, as he had before been,
insane.
insane.
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