Second trial of John Francis Knapp by a new jury : recommenced at Salem, August 14, 1830, for the murder of Capt. Joseph White, before the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at a special session, commenced at Salem, July 20, 1830 / reported for the publishers.

  • Knapp, John Francis, 1810-1830.
Date:
1830
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Credit: Second trial of John Francis Knapp by a new jury : recommenced at Salem, August 14, 1830, for the murder of Capt. Joseph White, before the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at a special session, commenced at Salem, July 20, 1830 / reported for the publishers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    JOHN FRANCIS KNAPP, Arraigned as Principal on the first indictment, is the younger brother. He is above the middle stature, but not tall; of an easy carriage and gentleman- like deportment. Shoulders square and rather broad—limbs well knit, and of fair proportions—motions of the head and neck free—look upright. His features are.neither well nor badly formed—nose prominent and of a reced- ing curvature—-flesh about the mouth full, like the jaws of a mastiff—eyes and hair dark—expression of the eyes sinister—forehead low, narrow and slightly prominent. Looks pale and haggard—seems more like one strug- gling against deep rooted grief, than affected by dread of punishment. He sometimes smiles, but his smile is forced and unnatural—does not seem to fear the encounter of observation—elevates his head boldly but not impu- dently—possesses perfect controul over his features, which have been only twice seen to alter at any change in the evidence. Once on the first Trial; when his dirk was produced in Court, the deadly paleness of his face was tJDge(i with a slight blush ; again on the second Trial, when the Court ordered Savary to say who it was that he saw coming out of Capt. White's yard ; at the words Frank Knapp his whole face was suffused with scar- let. His hands are often clasped and sometimes wrung with a slight convul- sive motion. His appearance is not prepossessing—his expression is reck- less, and indicative of a bold and daring disposition. He is twenty years of age—but looks many years older.