Concord Register

Trial of Jacob Hook.—It has already been stated in the papers, that Jacob Hook, a rich man in the western part of Pennsylvania, who committed a most bloody murder a few months since, has been tried and acquitted. His acquittal was received with great amazement by the public, although the anticipations of some were realized. The New-York Censor, published in Chautauque county, explains the matter by stating that "the most abominable corruption was exhibited at his trial, and which reflects nothing but disgrace on the judge and jury who tried him. As a serious confirmation of this, we have to state, that one of the jury-men, a Mr. Ira Dunn, who has heretofore been considered a respectable man, committed suicide on the morning after the trial. He was heard to say, before his death, that he had been guilty of perjury by means of bribery, and that he might as well die as live. On being asked how much money he had received, he replied that he had received no more than the rest of the jury. Mr. Dunn's wife found a sum of money which she could not tell how or where he received. The deceased has left a large family of children. It is currently reported that Judge Moore, who presided at the trial, also received a large sum of money from Hook; but this, by some, is not believed. Hook, since his trial, appears haughty and impudent. We should not be surprised if the effusion of blood did not stop here."
N. Y. Spectator.