Robert S. Forde Case
Information about the Robert S, Forde case

Written Accounts

1863-06-11, Richmond Dispatch; more incredible details (including testimony from Benjamin Ficklin) on the murder trial of Robert S. Forde
1863-06-19, Abingdon Virginian; general notes about the trial of Robert Forde
1864-01-18, Richmond Dispatch; Judge Lyon’s Hustings court to take up the case of Robert S. Forde, and the Bank Street shooting.
1864-01-19, Richmond Dispatch; Trial of Robert S. Forde in Judge Lyon’s court: Technical arguments cause judge to adjourn to consider the matter, to reconvene tomorrow
1864-01-23, Richmond Dispatch; Trial of Forde – In Judge Lyons’s Court yesterday the preliminary steps to the examination of Robert S. Forde, for the murder of Mr. Dixon, Clerk of the House of Representatives, in Ap
1864-01-25, Richmond Dispatch; Jury finally found and seated for the murder trial of Robert S. Forde – jury named in article.
1864-01-26, Richmond Dispatch; No new facts taken in Forde’s murder trial – court adjourned till tomorrow. Jury in the case “aired” with a walk around the city.
1864-01-27, Richmond Dispatch; Prosecution witnesses have concluded in the Forde case, defense will begin today
1864-01-28, Richmond Dispatch; Defense witnesses heard in the trial of Forde, though not described, as they are substantially the same as in the first examination. Court adjourns to meet again today
1864-01-29, Richmond Dispatch; Defense rests in the Forde case, prosecution gives a lengthy closing argument. Defense will give closing arguments today.

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