State v. De Wolf
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an indictment against the prisoner, Thaddeus K. De Wolf, for an attempt to commit a rape on the body of Celestial Bull, on the 15th of June, 1828. The cause was tried at Litchfield, February term, 1830, before Peters, J. On the trial, Celeslia Bull, a person deaf and dumb from her infancy, was sworn as a witness, and testified to the principal facts in the case, by signs; which were interpreted to the court and jury, by William W. Turner, a teacher in the American…
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This was an indictment against the prisoner, Thaddeus K. De Wolf, for an attempt to commit a rape on the body of Celestial Bull, on the 15th of June, 1828. The cause was tried at Litchfield, February term, 1830, before Peters, J. On the trial, Celeslia Bull, a person deaf and dumb from her infancy, was sworn as a witness, and testified to the principal facts in the case, by signs; which were interpreted to the court and jury, by William W. Turner, a teacher in the American Asylum for the education of the deaf and dumb, who was duly fSworn for that purpose, and was also sworn as a witness. Mr.…
1Opinion of the CourtDaggett, J.
Several objections were made at ¡the trial, against testimony offered by the public prosecutor, which appear on the motion, and are now urged as reasons for granting a new trial. They will be considered in the order presented by the counsel for the prisoner.
1. The supposed victim of the outrage of the prisoner, was deaf and dumb. She was sworn, and testified by a sworn interpreter, an instructor in the Asylum for the deaf and dumb, through certain signs adopted as a medium of communication, by that class of persons. It was objected, by the counsel for the prisoner, that as it appeared by the…
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