Litchfield Enquirer

Trial for Murder.—The Court of Oyer and Terminer, was engaged the whole of yesterday, in the trial of Richard C. Jackson, a Portuguese Sailor, for the murder of John Roberts, a Prussian sailor, on the 4th of September last, at No. 6, Monroe street, by shooting him in the left eye with a pistol, the ball passing through the brain of the deceased, and causing almost instant death; jealousy appeared to be the chief motive of the crime. The prisoner was very ably and ingeniously defended by counsel, who endeavored to establish his insanity from a variety of circumstances, thereby deducing an argument in favor of the acquittal of the prisoner. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty.—N. Y. Adv.