The Sun. — London, England, 1817-04-03 00:00:00

~: :_. C 4 NWALL LENT -ASSIZES. LAUNCESTON, NioN: AY, MARCH 31. CILARGE or MURDER. The following very interesting ttial for murder occupied tide Court this day tro►u ei ght i n the nearly ni►►e in tie evening►. The 'number of persons anxion3 to be present Wa3 Sc) great, titat.tiot ►► single bed. has been to be pro. cnred in Laut►ceston f►►r several days past ; and the crq Wit at tht doors of the Court :this morn wait so excersive and violent, that tl►e ail pretautions of bars and double boltß 't% ere found insufficient. The javelin-men were overpowered,. and the High Sheriff' hituself, in full C►►utt•drtss, was several times contl►elled to :descend to the igitominiotts office of door lieel►cr, •The prisoner, Robert S,avi Donnall, is a young num of 26, and carried , on the businc's of a sur geon anti wpothecary at Polity:nth. in July last he married the daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Down ing; of that place, widow ; and he now stood chat:W.4l with the wilful murder of . his mother-in 'Ott tile 3 , 1 of November last by adininkteling :Arsenic in a cup of cocoa, upon bresd And butte', or some r k ther undiscovered manner. His wife is upon OR• point,of being foulined. The prisoner being - put to the bar, WAS ar raigtii'd, and plea . ded No; Gully ; after which Mr...`-. l ejeaut Letis stnted the facts to the Sure in u very candid and temperate address: they are all ,contanyea in the depositions of ,tbe.following wit- IICS9e 3 :--- *Mr. Gilbert Abrahams swore, that he lived at Valmontli, 'and that in February; 1810, the pri ?onto' applied to him tOr loans of 11/. IV. and 50/. stating, that he 'vas iii consHerable distress 'for the money, but that he should soon be mar- Tied to Miss Downing, daughter of the deceased, when the whole slionld be'repaid. pit the :13:1 of I\lay lie applied tor 501. more,' observing, that it ‘vould he eitber his . making or his ruin. lie was triarlied to .Miss Harriet Downing in July last, and the witness,several times Applied for the're payineot of the loans. About three weeks be- Ilue the death-of Mrs. Downing he said, that his Mother4n-law would not and that,then the witness shonlit have his money. Mr. Sainuel Dowoing, third son to the deceits .ed, deposed, that the prisoner began to pay'lcis •addresses to his sister in the autumn of 1315 she .was entitled to about. 3,000/, ; and the prisoner represented his practice as in a flourishing state. 'The parties had had fietpient conversations on the subject of the marriage-so tlement ; and the prisoner proposed thlt it draft: that had been made of it should bq alteted, so as to give him more commitl over her property during the life of his wife. , The mother of the. Witness was worth about 14,0091., and she had four soon, John. Willians, and Edward ; and' tw.• daughters, and Harriet On the 19:11 of October last, Mrs. Downing, the Mother, went to drink tea Irith the piisnoer, her, stro-in-law : the witness haul previously dined with her, nod she appeared In good health nil .1 spirits. She tel home after slipper, 110(4 ut about 12 O'clock, tdie com plained of -groat - ticitn;:ss at her stomach. She vo ftiteil, •Hutt was attacked by a violent cramp in her legs. 'flee prisoner afteloleil• her, and site was better on the following day; but she did . not en tirely recover for more than a week On the 31st elfOtetol►er she drank tea 'at the house Of her son John. On Sunday, the 3d 'of Novemtler, she was again. invited to tea by the prisoner to Incet.hcir daughter, and another sou-in-law, a tilt. 3urdaitr Cut this occasion she obserycl, " rou.kliow the last 011ie I was at your house I was taken ill, I hope it will not be so again." The witness tithed wifl t her, and site ate heartily : tae We ,to the risoner's at.aboin half past Ore, when ke found Mr. Donitall at the table, on which were the I;rn And tea things, and a plate of bread and but ter the witness and the -prisoner Bat on the 6,inie side of the fire, while Mrs. Downing, and her son Edward, sat together nn the opposite side ; the patty was only waiting for the cocoa , . which.was I no ,, g ht u p soo n 04 . ,vards by the maid-servant, litrhen it was poured out, the prisoner left his seat, and went fa the table for the purpose of Lauding the cups and bread and butter. The at tention of the witness AV tis attracted by seeing the prisoner • goit.:, , round, end passing behind the chairs - of Some of the party, with the plate in his hand, totsiards Mrs..Datcning ; in doing which Tae spilt it part of her son Edward's tea upon h er g o wi l : Edward exelitimed, " Dounalt, what are" you about ?" but the prisoner made no answer, htit Otret ed, the bread and butter to Mrs. D o wning, who took as piece of it ; the prisoner then ie. tnrned to his seat. Just afterwards the servant boy carted the prisoner out of. the room.. There : tiothingiunusual iaa ike prisoner'shandiog,the bread and Ittutee Or tea ; for, when 'the servant did not attend, it was his practice to do so. The witnr.y.t did not see who handed the lin!) of cocoa to his ,mother, .but he sativlier drinking it ; she , took as seiond cap. and while drinking it, shy'_ complained of being siek, and in a few mintiteS.! . returned home AVith her son Edward : her expreS:: slim was, tilat . si.ve tel,t unwell, and withdrew friniks :the five, she'i.Vas in the act of retttrain*, the pri.,onsr came again into the room. Imme diately she got borne (the two. bonses joined), s h e desire That- a:bsisin should brought,, and she vomited, - observing, tlyat- she bolted she should no t be : as sir as she had. keen the. last time she came front Donnall's. The prisoner ,atni his wile entered: soon afterwaeds, 00 ' ttie ' deceased was, prevailed upon to go up,stairs.to lie (low') upon . the bed she complained of great, beat. Vie wit.; ne-:s then went mit and returned at ,about Litte o'clock .he found in hiwirnother's house the pi t ,sott , ..r,Williarai)owniagi and !VI:. Jordan. In.t he coork of the etvtl,ing,rite priSoner fregitentiv went stairs:to Mrsa)ovoing,bringing word only that ~sbc was stlit.:1;1:. cisiet topic of conversation down stkti 41 j4 te k. lield ..ien prisoner said rS)lit. administer:Ong any medicines. lie w i t o c t is we tTO Jett Ittititit o'CLOI:k, FCCOIII mended an emetic an hour before ; but tiatrprisonet _ replied, that gentle means must be wed, anti that he bait given D o w !Ong something to compose her. When the witness was =ping to . hed, asked :he prisoner whether he should stay longer ss ~ and the answer was, brat Ire should wait ,half iitl hoar to, ascertain the. effect of the Erse pill. the witness entered his brother's room Al he passed the door, and the , prisoner went 'with him : she complained!of violent paiui'in her'aiontach, and nf cramp in her legs ; in order to relieve whith she wished to leave her bed. The witness then went to bed, and at about four o',clOck he Was awakened by !Via. Jordan, who said, that her mother was much worse, that Dr. Edward; had been sent for, and was then in the;bottse. The witness dressed himself, and met tbe,Prisoner at the outside (if the door of :the deceased. Being Asked why he had called in Dr. ll;theards, the prisoner said; that, at about 3 o'clock, he becaine alarmed by the failing of Mrs. Downing,'s pulse. The witness found her in a slumbering stare orhich he prisonerobserved, was further cause of fear for her safety. The de ceased died at about 8 o'clock on 'Monday .morn ing. The prisoner then left- the house, anti the 'witness did4rot see hint again until 11 o'clock ; When he remarked, that the body would pfohably swell; thatch shell should be prepared, and that it should be buried without delay . : he had already observed a (Escharge at the nostrils, mid the body could not be kept longer than Wednesday. Witness, and his' brother William, Were sur prised at this intelligence. 0a Tuesday morning the prisoner cattle into Mrs. Downing's honse, and . said, that its lie was going to Helstord or Mottack an, to vi,it some patients, ft Wonlil he as well for.h.hn to call at the church-vard tit Mawn'Aii, onlyahout a out of his way, to see how the , rorktnen wen( on with the ; but the witness said; that he did not think it wAS necessary to hasten them. [lets ford and Monackan are about six miles front' Fal mouth, on the other side of the river, awl unless the ferry he crossed by the boat, the distance round is more than 30 miles. The prisoner, how ever, welt ; and fetnriting athout four in the afternoon, he stated that lie had been at Ilelsford, and that in his Jay lie had coiled at ...Mawnan and bastetted the workmen.• On Wednesday the .prisoner did . nof leave Faltnouth,; and On' Thurs day be Caine to the.house of the deceasedi•aecom panied by:Mr. Jordan. On the previous evening the Witness had received front Mr, - Bull, the May,;r of Falmouth, an anonymous , letter, of which the following is a copy : shall-without apology demand yonr umst serious attention to a circumstance which rested 4:0111(11'10..ii! 11,1 tice in . this town ; rind which, front the .fact I sip! s mein ntalies a minute and inonediate investigation 'neeessary.- , - Mts. Downing Orank tea with her son-in-law on Soollay even ing, and !chit nett tonne after violent- retellings and pains in her Oomaclt, it soon ended iu death.. Something of the same kind she rxperienced helmire, when she drank t...a at the some place. You will, 1 not sure, ;mike the similarity of her comphsints to those of persons who have swallowed some cur rati, e sul)stance; and the s . ; . mpt‘on ,. . were Inc same, though not so %iolent, when site drank tea with' her son-in•htw be fore." This letter was' addressed to the Mayor, and time copy he laud received the witness put into the hands of the Prisoner in the presence-of Mr. Jor dan the prisOner was reajling it his hand tretuhled ei - Olently; find before he hail finiahed it, it dropped from i f is triad. upon the floor :,he twit), " It is a villainous Sliing, and has been done on pi t eoose totuin me iii the town, and my,practice will he broken np in consegnence•". tlt:about two o'clock on,„the same day the body : was oilv.ord the witness rtimained clown sl anti th'v prisoner bronght ,wordiatat the heort•and liver were fonn'il perfectly sounT thottgba wan bere as.. appearance of a little inflammation in the stomach. . The deceased art's , 1111,Xi01 , 011 SatardaV and the funeral was attended by' the prisoner. Tilt! Coroner's Jury continued- to sit alter the foueral ; and jast• before, the witties , s's brother, Edavtird, was called. belore it, the - prisoner: observed, " 1 was not present when the . first. cup w of cocoa as handed , . Edwlnal, vou know I : was 'not vresent, • You had hrttvr say . t hnt you gave your mother the first They had been pre- . viously talking on the sabjert, none of the party being able to remember who handed the first cup : Edward.admitted that he valve the seeond; aed left the house without I. rest rt'a►init of the prisoner. The next morning the prisoner .called upon the witness, to speak of the long exa mination be had tmdergotte at the Town-hall ; saying, that, the witness And Mrs. Jordan would probably be called upon : the witneiis dliti,erveti, that the verdict had been already returned, that Dw Mrs. onioli died by poison ; at, which the pri soner did not seem surprizetl, but merely ob(!rv eil that it was a mistake. \\Then cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant ram:, (who led on, behalf of the prisoner), the witness said, that lie was not present at the Town-hall when his brother Edward was examined, l-Ie dill not know of the ationymons letter until Wedne3- day nigsliti The prisoner was ge tting into good business its Falmouth : the witless. anti lie had al ways beets most ioliti t ate friends, and, had never had any dispute. The deceased.was 64 years old 3 and on the 3d of November, ate 'rabbit smo:llercd with onions for dinner, and drank beer. ,The..roain where the party drank tea was small and ob'ong. \V hen the Prisoner rk-torocul to the ,conspativ, afterhe had been called a-way, he said that lie had been to draw a tooth. The witness did not know what became of the bread and but ter its; the plate after his mother had taken , a piece. lie haul no reason to look for sit. anonymous let- • ter 3 , awl when ,he gave it to the prisoner Ile hind no suspicion of him, Vir.h i en u3 t i liebl,iti !,i the istrisossersssid wit.tba it was done, to ruin him in ness observed, that lie helleycd it to' be a mali cious thing. - The deceased lis►tt. been in the habit of drinkinK cocoa latterly. - .Dr. Edwardo %vas, call .ed in by,the prisoner. t kit next witnes4, did not add maay material etrrom . stances, She did not hnow who handy () the tit ' st cup to :01.4. DOWll . llltr. 1 hilt it inti,t. 111.1ve been handed, as Rite thd not sit nein' enough - to the ta!Ae to ePath it. She 1:v11)1011'1mA of ;freo pin iu ber stomach, irhich %las ac,aimpanied by retching, anti tramp, Before Dr. Edward ., arnieed, cloths - dipped 'fut ; ,,, toly were applied to the tooloach of deeeared„ tiire of the prisoner; and la the coin 60 Of. I hi, rt'tp:lllg sir ad S.,me tea,' • thoss.examitied.--She said, that the prkoner t' as , called out of llcrotoo 110 f h't! tineember,betOre llownin4 had had t,cr .rcolot Cup yt cocoa, mr. h.tlt swore, that he give his mother het! second cup C , O the of livewher; hot be did not 1:toW from v;tonn ;he preivrti to r lei tt. ' Tie prkonei • had 1..1 is tra. 4 cot t i c hail hetter ioforip tovonei ' s tlo'y that be ,the WitIICSS.) ; Ito '•t - ItkitJt no a oittttt.' ptiuner ha ' d previtimly remarlolf, ,fyt Doirning had .tixo a year. - • . kn, come atiO oecao,ly the chair, next to her, because her ;ton_ eat:ring I Ill! I h.: the idototer fiant ' t the i't , •;ot oael , hmtt .i., l , 4 th e ttecc tatt,l 11 witncss had -,, , lalqteti that he handed the Ars. Mrc, poured out both the fir.tt and secoa cups, taut Cvt . . , eon, she took herse'f the Tc:tae.!.‘ 3i3 sheidraul cocoa. When tilt , : servant did out wait, the- prisiiner eras iu the habit of handing the tea, &c. The witntss did nut know wi:o wrote the anonymous letter. - " _ _ - • Re-examined.—Mr. Bull,. the . Mayor Falinouth, had asked the witness if he had not banded the first cop of cocoa, hut he had denied it: the same question was put Icy-Mr. Richards, who attended the -Coroner's JAry on behalf of the prisoner, and the sane answer %vas giren. When the prisoner handed the bread and butter to the deceased, he did not .go across the room the shortest way, but he went round behind some of the chairs. Dr. Richard Edwards gave evidence, that he had been H.; tears the profession. l'lten called in 'out ween four and fire• o'clock nu the Morning of the •Ith of Noveinber, he asked the prisoner some questions respecting Mrs. Downing : the pri sooer said that she had an attack of the cholera tnt* - Ints : and that she had been similarly atlecteihthoot a fortnikht hefore. The witness went into her roam, and found that she required, a little rousing before she could answer any qbestions : she complained of great heat, and her pulse was frequent and fluttering : she . had , no sickness at that time, but Was in very great danger. He understood, front the pristmer, that he had given her an opening mtahcine, an emetic, a.• saline - draught, and some The witness wrote a prescription, with a view to remote 'some thing oifensite- which appeared to be in_ her swan:telt or bowels. Ile had never met with a case of choicer' morb.ls t h at b produced (tenth in a shorter time thanthree or fottr - ttas,. and he was of opinion that that disorder vats Mkt the c Itlie of the death of Mrs. Downing. Out Thursday, the 7th of Nov. the witness was requested to go and examiur the body, by, opcnin4 it, having previously heard of the suspicion of poison. lie saw the prisoner at the lionie;and a surgeon of the name of John Street. After taking the body oat of the shell, the Witness perceived that the prisoner was thrl'itig up his slcevesit , and preparing to open the litaly,,itut the witness tohlhiat.tirA lie must hate nothing to tl,, with the operation. Oo opeuiag,. the stomach, the contents were poured iota at 14asio, 4tid.after. the lapse. of a few minutes they were examined, but on deposit ofeny thing hoary or solid mild* discos - , red. The stOniach. was in a state of stellate,' i n ua nnna ti on ,,,int both the eaats of the stomach wet e safteried, AS if ht lie 41rtiqn of some ear , - Tosive 'snit:dance ; One ,:f them mild its olf by the finger i dI. - The blood •.sels rite st,,;),iali Were more than ordiaarilyttirZid, but the liver and lunzs were sound r., he heart the witness did imt examine. The I, ;sin with the contents'of the'stomacti had liet.a c neftilly ploved on a virPivt the witness ohserted ot the time, aloud, unlit thy , : tansi. 'be preserved, ainithe prisoner must 11,..e heard it.. They , • titer proceeded to inspect the intestines, which were also in flamed, and the witness felt certaia that it. enuld not have been produced otherwise than by the operation of an tictlye poison. After Thirittrestiwation, - the witness turned round to. ►he basin, and was stirpriseittn final it empty : he asked the pri soner what he had done with the cont et S the stomach, and be • replied that he had thrown titian into the chaintiet , rase, .where was a quant i ty of water, with which the iiiiestiaA had tue-cit washed.. the witness said, :that it would give him a zreatdeal more trouble in Illakhl exPeriments to ascertain. if any poison were in the stoniseh, as he most esiaporate about ,two quarts of stater; hi r.'Street took charge of the chamber vase and -its contents ; .it seas pushed. under the bed. The witness afte'rwards applied to it carieusehymical,tests, and they indicated the presence of arsenic in alto id state, but he could not detect, it in a solid slate,: He had not •the slightest doubt that arsenic was the,eause of . the death of Mrs. Down ing, and lie should have , been of that opinion hadhe not ana lyzed the contents of the Stora'aelL • Cross-extunined.—He said, that choleett 2n , iffis leas pro." raced generally in hot seasons' lifthe overflowing of 'bile, which irritated the stomach-; it was a very. painful and. dis tressing c,ininlaint: cramp was frequently occasioned by a bilious attack ; laudanum' was sometimes given it. cases of elffilera morl.us,.liut n,t in large viantities: The tests he bail used, to detect the arsenic were, first, sulphate of :.peer, with it small quantity of carbonate of potash ; and when ap plied,ro the contents of the Stamtich - of decea:ed, the iirecipitate seas green. Next he had used nitrat of titter in the same way, and the . precipitate was yellow• bat! these anneal :owes showed that arAenie - was present. fie had tried ; ijilt by It. saine test, and onions (having been told that - the de e ttisea had eaten of theta ;• hut it had exhibited no ap-, pcarance like that of Arsenic . .. He had nut attempted to re-. produce the arsenic, not haring a sufficient quantity; but he.. was indite satisfied wit la the, former experiments. The wit, I nes, ,i;11 not recollect' that the prisoner , had required any' other test, to be hut -lie. had sent for fl part . of the tint cuts of the stomach after ail had bo en used. ?.lr. John Street, who had been called in by thc prisoner, Jun who hail Ceased to t ra ct * for fire: )ciiN,:igrevli with ~ IN r. Edwards in his necoontiolt6etipnearonee of the ,totnach, &c,, of tho deceased. 1)t. Edwards,' on being - , recalled by Mr. .Tnstive ADDOT, 'Sni,i, 1100' :V) . patti - Of Ctilli •Fater . worts:; . dissolve - ,one part of arienic : that warns water would dissolve a larger proportion, - aild I hat then two 'or three. tea-spoons' f AI. or u•table-simou full, would. probably produce dem h. ' Susan O'Brien and Anne Might were dined to pror , that they ha - it; delieered the contents of the stomach of tire' 4c ceased to Dr. rd wards in the, same state as it Irol herol e ceivett fro' Mr, Street : the former. of 'these witnesses • de posed, bolt On the 31st of !,)oilier Mrs. Downing.drank tea With her stir X3bn, and that she returned tunne unwell, but .she. WO nut at all 'seriously indisposed. , Mr. S. P. Street canfirined, in one or twn particulars, the Hstat eincotof Dr. Edwards. ' - Mr. W. Downin;, in his evidence, detailed most of the chennistances relsted by his brother. The witnestexamined the body, and found that it was not true that there was any running at the oust Ills; ' Whiiii the openiitic of the body was spoken of as neves...au. the wisoner said that Its shonid not Mite time tv attend, as he must go into the country on husi rieqs. After thq co) psis had'tteenexpamined, the witness was `.in It room with the i1. ,, r open, and hearing a pouring of li.- ' 'quid front. one res,el iiil4l another; he looked out, and saw .the pilsoner pas,i,ii.: onl..of.„,i4,,,,apticLinvit where .the °pc. , ration had been polorwed : ,e, aberwaros returned to the. room, and the witness a4ain heard a noise like the pouring of. water. . . _.._ Cross-examined -AT! e said that he did not go into the-room to see br what lb , hail been occashined. • lames V,eale was c tiled to Show that The prisoner had not gone, to fielsford or Monachan on the slay after the death, as , 111! hall stated. The witness almost constantly went in the ferry} boat himself, and slid not recollect Seeing the prisoner on Tuesday, Nov. Mr. Rola. Jutdan sOolie to some vague conversation he had had with the prismier, on the sublect tif the property the chil dren of ' Mrs. DoWninz tui:ft.t. expect after her death. On his , cross•oititurition 1,.r said, that he was pc'eosist, -when Mr. Samuel Votyiiiog put the tiniinymous letter into the hands of the prisoner. The wituts, , wit pirtiei.tiarly. observe hint ; but lie saw nothitl,t! renvtrl..aele in the prisoner's conduct while i.eadisiit the letter. The witness, by tfehire of ,the pri. soner, called in Dr. Ethvatt:A, that a second ext!virithent might Ito wade upon the contents of the stomach; but the whole had beet, exhausted. • Miss M. A. , Jaines, who had lived with the deceased some years:, deposed turret) , to the Miles; of the 1 )tli of: October, which Airs. Downing attributed to drinl,ing cream. Dr. Ed being again r're , Catled by Me. Justice Amsor „ , said, that the hotly of the dcevastid did nut swell before the interment, ~nor. was there any rimming at the atistrils, ur other tymptom of putrcfactiaa : be slw nothit4i, to warrant medical man in st.ititu r , „ that it shell wa: immediately sary, and that the 'Jolly w0, , ,t h 4 interred an the next day het . tiun after the death. The witness was not competent to statei windier putrefaction continent:ea soon a.; ter death by, the ches; (era Peter Perry proved, that on the 7th of November„ theprin sinter rquenred his own bill for 501. to be -discounted at the Po wont }lank. Arthur Will:ian)s, constable at Falmouth,• deposed to the circumstances of the arrest of the prisoner on the 14th of November. :Fla. witness called CP. e or six times, and was: told that he was not at bathe; sit ,;bunt 12 o ' doek„at night be was showo up stairs, and the prisoner delivered hiltiself into: his custody. ' Mrs. Elizabeth Downing', who was at the house of the prl-, stiller oil the, 14th of November, said, that he was ninele agitated when he lie6rd that he was abuot to be 1 / 1 1,e be seveyAl times altenipted to escape; but at last he deelated, 1. that he would giee himself - The case fur the prosecution being here closed, the Learn ed .1, 1 4,0 culled 11 1 111:1 the prisoner for his defence ; who react a wiper, shortly dro yi the thargeS; onii:emicsssin,%; -0)e -fkkiit elianee int the I opartiAlify. Court;and Jury. 'roe to:lowing et itkiice was then adduced by ins Counsel, Mr.l,4vtie.‘tot and - Mary Coombe stton::, I lust, "she vats servant to the in isoner in No - ;enther last ; she rota previotts ely lit with his father and mother.. Dorman was ttztviell, and took taco:: AS Well as Mr. DowitiilK; the. LOCLIIII was griletallti :AAA in the , I, it d!r11, anti on the 'ld of NOyember it tut s lii,4je by the wit- , nei4s: " there Wets' 004 a pint and - ts, ball of it. The witness, , tOolt. , a.way .tea things after Mn, Dowitit4 we,;tt t sonic I;t I VPZI , via left in the pot, which was warmed n^aio tar I;rualtfi4st, next warning. Mrs. f)on-aint; also left halt her cup full, which the witness drat* as soon as the bail ItrultAtt it iutsi tife Lineven,,nad fultatt no diet s from . Thon.as, the servant boy who InoT culled the state out sat the tOO% on tire 'ad •tiovetuher, Fu dratra touttl t, r •.. wo . rnart namcd Fitlan \Vett' , Pre elitle' nce uf°3t' z.nd Ite was confirmed by Susan Weebs licrsrlf. Dr. ldeate, a.pitysician nt Ex eter, delics.ed I 1!121 li lt edcincutly attended cases of cholera 7iiorbus,lvWchlvaioc' of b 1 A .enllection Of. putrid bile in the intestil the' it was voruitting and purging, pain in the ' l'll cramp in the le ; it ntizbt be considered the toot. race klmwn in Great .Dritain : it ran its course most, if ntl.! he had after% known it hill the patient in Q 414011, l. neglected or improperly treated, in a nindi shott,r` lie medicine be should prescribe wo ttld he, 1 3 ',., opium, and a quantity of warm broth or watr. I', bail beard the description of the state of tatted b' lee.tyell given lic Dr. Edwards, Mid tte attri t.' .nil'unnt"lions..tottl other appearance to noth i q chuh.ra r , o rbui, thouali they did not itaticate t!st, exclusively. The wittiest had frequently male e in e l s ymi.,iry, and he con.idered the tests that Iriil., Dr; Ed,,,irdk o f the presence of arsenic in stilut -11..aris jut:3lo,4e : the same gr eed i • neciptatenioV w t se pt "l than Itv the presence of arsenc: WI of the nitrate of silvcr was equally deluive, for ill' lunar precipitate tai he shown if the nitrate.o! "Ittnr caustic,' Yver inntterscd ;'I 10104010 e o f InilY perfect au:; indubitable test Wai the rePY"".l.,' arsemc by sviblimation, by sul. bmitting the orsettio "'ln Dr l'i'l• He bad tiled eNper;tuent, with a .1 Dr. LP‘ : -11 u irl'sle i c li l e's , r l i l: d: t i'P ; s e ra c i' l ect x t r' f it: I til t: :: .1 1 7; : t : t i l s e : : : 1 ; ; ;11 . 1la' ..._ a :':: :: cit ti t ni l :ater t i ti . iet:°1 1 '1C1::' : It'ti.ei t s'iti. 1 :tiluli::: : :.11:i t .t . . 1% e ii) : ::e:: : ' , :t1) : ) , i'ill1 1 ::1::11%''':211:'P'it 1c11°!1' ,. ::5'' , : , 1 , 1 , who had died of ckokra mor,:,u, !,,,t tl:e a el , ',, tti .11)11:1g46:7,,t3iti..ic:;:tatiti'.e:1:ir'7ecatitntIbircs.*: 'ts‘t:te.lie:ll:eicii:itislelt.linelEit:tilitlitci i;ls,:r'o.:;lftl:)''''''''ti: state ; but this, wi th the ouitio s e3t" tiy the produce the precipitate mentioned by Itr• l'Al, i. Dr. Daniel, also a physician st,Eseter, had ou rat pers , ,lls attacked by c li' , ; !era ~ ,hqs; fl at I `' precisely those frit ii 'Mrs. Pornirr,r, and 'l l npittins ' , , ('toss-examined. --He admitted that those 511 q.,„ tsi:ipt,e, .: : : I : l ; ret r r ,y.: C i s ) : fr :r i l f : t e l , : o e t 1 i, c i t, rn t rj,s7faus'outrssritisecrin,:itliletnt:,•ll,ll,ol:lyteirtli'ti; ilit.:l7:rtti l:1:;:l't,i1:;!:1*. rattler sudden. t Dr. Etl%.vards rtlit'l P. 174": (4410 tnorloo, and tviaseerminhlrer, Prescr,PlhllOr Dr. EdWards-was preeisL4' tl'x',..ild, tint. v, itness would hare recommended t 't r," 0 , - ottj alt:qing, irritation. The Witne,s leml 0cc"..11,:t0 afar death by choleret oorbt:s, be intlantntot fallible; on Elie cantrare, th4Uhteilly be v le : he bad made rarionl I,:rltt tea:: he contended that those of Pr• f(hr:,:,;11441: results oi decoction of onions, and found both the and yellow precipitates. , 'll, lle Dr. Cookwrathy, practising ot ESetert 0.104, . ;17i$C1110til!laltrtell;e1 :t i t; t r . n o e n ;i ) u t i n b f ‘ 4 . i n i t i e b n l :s o f r i o c i i i e f t(tfl Itiiiit.;:it'lli!trcilet:43tlieti ,:, I r ' i l u t d • : 13 ) 1 1 "- e : 1 :; :, ? . t . Ate, was the reprocuctitsn of the mew . if The tests, u p o n 0 , decoction of onions (harm :„, deceased had eaten thou for dinner u ntio• s t u d and found that the precipitatcs ding re greell stated by the preceding witnes!'es. wit • v i I . l. ll t O t n i r a t . t t i l t t n e s e i : et : 1 : 1 :1: 1 1i! c l o r i :1 , 1 :a:5 , e ° s il t tid t ci ctit.lig'exel'ti.elr'l.,fllot'erl I. reefer f u r skill and humanity. A nnuvb ' a d o tbri d. respeetability, resident in Falmouth. h(:;,,,illeetstee,,, 1. hey all considered hint a yonng to" ° „: i tteo e ' 9lg business, correctness in his Morals', sod b position. t 1 to 11 ' . cocci ,', Mr. Justice ABBOT Own pore. Itie s een 11 0 r l c ti ls ei l ic e e :l J . wattle l t je lr l y al iito t i t o . le c i :i l l oteet.c.ici p,:titp:tieill'etv't.t,ceisii.,rei i f ci :o a ct i iiirte'l:iel.tlecly;l3:.lititircfbe':e.oliti'l3;:ot( i s .e i i i l :l t g glit l t 010 0 After consulting' for about A qtly' pan; . ~ the Jury returned s,verdict of i 'lPcl''' - I.; of 5v ttl'taerrB is,:ris:celgt:iltir,,%!..r:/I)n..tacritt nlol..lCotTlit:ttet;r:t,litolintit:lC't‘tri.))l::lo o:.fo ' ,t11 . : 1 1 0 0 1 i ; ' rind delicate appearance, and of 9 g. ~,,ii , o , •ri iii,i6N, ~,iot porrinent ; lie was dreiseu 1 ;I,.in o ji the whole trial, which ocupied • . ~c, coo,: tkr .it 114 , ,i; c ol d : r itiornitig notii the Sallie It""' . IP' 1 , 1 4 iitt.tillste I I ;with becoming firinlites : 1 ' evideptlVl , S.Il ce N 03:tribe 14St, .1a his health. -----------.,..-------- POLick, 0,11,1,0013NCS! Bow_s . _.. e.. inll'ic,c,i,o- tni tT nE ET.--;•Yesterday tiVo I.'l/Cri°,ll;ll, 9( ei wFot on. cX4lllinatioo, cill(1( Issaleiltiiiinirti,isolfa)rbg:erit:iiruiliiiigs,gtnictts:trci.c)...en_rbinice:cnittig, ‘nsb,itittiritit I; l :li i ,b ,' o: c :afo i ti l i g ild rubbing Ikeri°o"ll by the name of 1116,1.‘coli# srlisllett"aacleiitililke,:pb:tiliteeei7l:::::°ait'gs()fe:ec);l.lll.:ll-:!itliric:sk' ictst:_gig'yl le3 e c t. 3 : e r cda°l',3l3alecenblntiells'l slaii::;loetir::%gb?.ll.lttilijiirl;°? INlatiiin. ' tricks "?'.llridewell, upon it clorge u_o!, T i on, &c, w i t il ° l tab ceieP:vssi'c'tfrli es:iYic!iti 1 1 : 1 1 45 : t e l l c) : l:: ii l e ' lf,, ' w N HALL, I.3o.lldtioff ,--Plichtto p swoas dill:brged for biting 06 A 0"1., col ..,1,5 ell., of "th wok Sessfons, was brought "600 s,„,lnurder, %%lien it' appeared OA Pi"tice., „7.lTu bad received ail:tier froni f ,A 1,4 01 1 . 1 , e"ce for the liina's County and o' ; we Perary • • -ri • , r die P' ~i 1 b. ~ , giving ft descpt ion ~, 100 00 ~ I." nettle, %V1)0 bad nlnisdereci ii '1.e.,..17t1i1' prison 4401);.4... 'Die Oescripiicril Coil tr wall reivatitied {or tell (laV' '"' : A v A e t :11:1:;1 .1. !: 111: r : Pig* 11° f, ai () 4 t Wetlarso;ty, i n the Fleet 1 Heni7l 1311,14jtew 614 At 11 Y ; her '• J .;,4q M.1011.;13. t rY'iter4l,ly, a t'fotten ba A a CrO,‘4,lleuN, 4 , Ed rautiton, aLt.c ci 72, nn maitirtl Lady , :1401 Gg• .jha?'Thietit"lfee:::::(3:ills'hall:el:;:rtic:Fin‘! il''')?tlr'°.1,1:::'::111":::61:4:41114:1°:11;11'. , S I OP. 4f1fi1f.,06/ o-, =1.,1,541,,y, in :0 00 14 " f 7 f i e Pcpcc, r e niett 79. ' .1r age °- 1; 0 On the SO of Fehritary. at ':,lcli d tile , Byame F.qq. Pr,lidet)t 41114 ''tii.l:cllo4'fi aiitt .Ititige m the Adniiratty tuts . of toe I,otsr c)r.) tt?e 19th ot :,:tpoory i.l°- 0 pq., ~ "'lit!. Jeremiah Jellicuie l0011)5`) ' .., that i', -init. , --<:--- ( iAP c.Al47'. 01 ti 1ftN7:074; f Printea 14 . .b '74 ti A. ' l ' ,01 0. ihy ,!.. ~•oil irt I.iiillimet ; and. totblishS(' o. '31'.',0 le :'..•"'• moit,eot woos , °niers, Letters, OiG. ,r - • .... , - ::.:, • . • i t, '-: - •• • .._, ' 1 wontan narault.it tl an \Vette, gave evitlenceuf°! •- a ,IC was cuttfirsim• by Suiaa ‘Veelis her Dr. Neale, a physician at Exeter , dePo. a t hat lit ently at cases of cholera nierbits,lvWchwair., bi AL .collection 'Of. putrid bile in the into - I , ; ' r . e it was voinitting and purging, Pain in the li'fila 1 1 imp in the lers ; it might be considered the most gr. l , , 'eklmwn in Great .Dritain : it ran its course most [l,' A il be had after} known it hill the patient in .2.111011, . neglected or improperly treated, in flomb shoric r do to medicine he should prescribe w l be, lati, ,1,','11 bun; and a quantity of warm broth or water. "ii to a beard the deieription of the state of the he ~ia '`williq 3U;11 siren liy• Dr. F.theards, it'd rte attributed u,esbot „. r , • i I,l,lnunation,..:olll other appearances, to n.ehi:tb . TF tett: ' ,orbits, thmia.ti they did nia, iwlicaet„ _., . ; elusively. , The Ones; had frequently male fil'.',,, cami,trY, and Ite con.idered the testi that 10,1 n •, , i,: • Ed, rirdi. o f the presence of arsenic in soil% "4/ .tans i ti t - zatib.le : the same Kreen pteripitattniz.be:,!4 IPA pi se product - it than by the presence of arsenic.: ti,1.1, ' to, the nitrate of silrei..vas equally deluSive, far 1/4, 71,i, , 1 ,,„ , 0, precipitate might be shown if the nitrateo:4, ..,ttl, ttnr catistic; T; er e it i n in phosphate 'r,t stets}} ' Axe .ly perfect att.'. b rio li libitabk t rid tens the rePTll"l'cottit , )tki, settle by svilillin, by submitting the arsenic, l e , "`"1 heat. He had tried eNper;meat, with a i'':',,e. • ^heti trelli.ule'slitni:ti'ditip:4l‘Jiati:e:)rfi'i'ilt: i::,tt.l7::ttisil,e'lnc,::::liatalse)citrt::atritiei:oi‘l'ict:?eis(d.)itil::!.::,).ll;:t.l,l:l):letri, • I t d)f5.1'1i111:r1::::"11'?1:11:P:d.r.‘;'::;i1..1);::;('°11H1.1::11. .:?::1414'1 50 olttiCan d- -fro: a dee,:etion of .oilioli't I': ' eitie,,, t AM. , Pi Cros-examittetl.--1-1e hall never open!4lt"')Q-:.„ior Wtii 11°!lad died of. city/era morlats, 1)0. a' 3i,!,tAiip. 111 . Such, a; , had been describe•l• Eatiog oni 4 . ) • ' pit" - I' `.'t.,,no- effects as were- seen in the d‘,...ctu'll,,n;',o.o' , 1•141,-itorieUeid existed in all the fluff its of '.,e ''i n ; 0 .4 ft .... it wii - ether more in the hile thin 111 0000 ~,zt,,,,,r„i. 'Ate ; but this, with the ouit"t s e' tten IlYthr ‘e' il'' mince the precipitate mentioned by Or. 1i,d,4 in ' 0 Dr. Daniel, also a physician at.Eieter, had at7or .. - I per Sorrs attacked liy .I.l4,iferri ,0,'1,,15; tile 74.riatlil 'ecisely those felt lii'Mrs. Pottnitt';.• anti ' 'it )it in, • ~on' * 4,1 Cross-examined. —Tic admitted that those 5011',W1 -,v, 1%4, ,r: fl t ? i! ki P e re r r :: C i s )(l T :t i fi t e i t : e t ii, i d y •i e i r t j , s i Y i ::o trs s nsertntalled::‘,.:l;ye 1 t'';tia ! I' ' l ' : ( : 11. " 11‘ ' 1". . °1''' ,.i : 3 1 ) l' f i ''' '' '' l "-iy fatal in fourteen hours t the : Wail. ,tlig l i }thee sudden. t , of. . Nib the 4011. ri rrid".: r/4410 vor./pgs, and. totaieerunnt.l:!ereriotar4 , 4- 41 rcsrtPtil*.t Dr. Pdvi•ards-was precise!! 1:x,.04, ito .l l r 14 le v, it nes% would bare recontinetideti : d'."o,cotd2:l i ON II:lyin irritation. The witne,s Ivol no". tiLniviroo 1 t4d trlcdlteiloi onne:f on ions, :lsituit?ibrtlideecticel ytolcitioi!ntyt:ll6:i)tilirreilie.obel!tecielltir:rll%ai.r.ariae,tilit,;:(ln.:l,l:e:ll:l')(l°,,i'fit‘teellitr%:i.r.ttil'tli'l,ll:;e°,.,,l:-;ecite,cili:3',l,.':ol:.' ', . 1,1 41. 7 ) pretty t lit . 4 h t •,1, tha,,,, •,.,. t Dr. Cooltwrathy, practising nt EXetcr, Pi: .440.10,,,,, . _ arse out by of seiettee it) all emmtrirsra'r,:niesild,, .7,1 lie only infallible proof o f the Pre":3lu Ile 10411101 1 , 14:1 1 . t Ate, was the reproc action of the titettl,43.• 1 _ ieneirii ~, . ~ reetacsit upon a decucti°u "I °lt'll:tie"; oittvin,"levird /o 'l ' ' rated !by t had he pc,eatenxe dtitillt,gtnw:fitt)tel ( 11 , : es. „Ice, al , .. ..,. ..a Nand that the precipitato %lei' 0 r -ph . tr, eter 0°11"101 ; . Mr. I.usctimbe, surgeon to the - x 1 ,•,„, an Cl".,.ct, I tf tio'd folubtenl‘v.htoirl:lllll:drel:til‘lls 03 lig . ..,,,441, !bon) the prisoner had studicti, e'ire,',;, Jethef,,l e , t • 1,-,; ~1 aeter hir skill and humanity. A WHIT and otti . ~.• -, ,tr•stplemcitabi!itiyi, resiidenit in Falainottl,ll:,(l'}i.'o,olc.llol.o‘; '..ss,li neigooottratoo., were araic• f efo t I n in hey all considered hint a yonno aim' 'OO 4): „ r ,15 - and ge' AI Usitless, curreetness ill his ra••••-• t ' • ositiou. pin! led r'' .10 Ai' Mr. Justice ABBOT ehe'll procc.el(be seen, .4t,1 he whole 'case. After iiireci,‘„,: tnlh zicier,gti°' 41: Ise Jury to the points for tliea looidel ~' ' ccapitu later, the ev i l ltice . /i fr• i ' l ree 11°111.5' It ') barge alone oecupie nearl t ' do!' ,i ~‘ ,4 . .3' -94 ~, , :3 11er lig ' Alter consulting' for 111)011, - -,,,1.61 oilio,:ti,i -'.. he Jury 440 0 . ro .‘ ll . i2 a seT s . i:ritie.eelacl:el:iiirievi-isco.:lfEirirt, nbit:e:viviiiill'eror, t,c0cia,10:1)‘_1i,e',,,..01111.:1;01,1,1,,,,,,,,..:1 ~,,::1at,,,,, he greater part of the, nuallorY'. 4 ,0 „. ,;,. ~; 64 f Fl• g e iii n ' . " nui delicate appearance, Roil ° klaci „ o ' ll , id' 1 1 4 -Palmeri( ; lie Was dreised in ",„,,,i ciP ! i g 4), tiorning ttliiii the Stale Iwo 1 ' ilit l'oo '4ire, 'iltisell with becoming firinlies°:.viatodf , bent , since NoVernber last, 11110 ''' • '' ........... '........ ,i , I , ....0..' S.' ."'".. ' tnel i ~(.1 1 POLIC4 IN'ffi,(4--I°l3v' c o, 'M I , t iv° l''''" c d 01 1 i ;1 11 '1 11:r . I P , ; 0 , men ututin went an. ert4rvi"at'!'l . 1 iiße-',, pc, , 11 4).' vil-ri.SOT:)%IEi EbT;---:Yest eor:1:::, t ii , chlirfkgi,o, et:: .:4t,t): ilteton nt being colleen) f Fide ( l io , :. k , - ;ri robbing the LilitCtlib'efielinarlllll.!l)l(l'siTef!:blC:llolllle, 'i'. 4 " l ': 1 number of packages 0 : r e1 : 1 5 1 3 4 ‘ro,gifiiirc. 14; rectcd to O. by stage-co:1"e p i , s r, ' , i ,e9 : ~..-1,1 'he premises of the 131Ack li,fitt, ' i stances against }((till be Jog 13° I ° ;P it ') .. IN admitted to hail. shirt trickseitlanil\ritiktAsto"::::;,B.)nraaroNic,i..ce.iilLw:g:t. ievc,:tll:"yt:::::cerP.itile::::„:::`'ilLf,l3,llescaiii:j'i:lii'ylir;'lgziltia':\ e i 0 , 1 : ; 1: : 11 , 15 , 1 1 : ; : r i: , : 1 : : : lh i r ,,, ~ .' ; i . i, . , f4'. __ .. ; l / 4 ') . 1. : 'row r: Pi ALL , 130,11001, n. i l 5 i C.,' '::,-,i AV as discharged for biting ''n. g " /1)• Id- brought 114001 SontliWitrk Sessfonl, ".45 1 I lig Al'`,,cc j A 1 n n are ( ,iiis ni of nturder, when it' arr e t .. iro n, i. , i t Sim , : tTu bad received 9 lei t " 4iiil 03.1i0dt.11,..,.% Peace fur the Ning's ColintY r the P' ~,,i! :, Ata+i , • i Idol) ,0 la itil ,,, 1,), perary, giving n pcstr 1 , 3 o p 0,111. 1..,: . • 'ere(' 10 his name, Who ban non, . 0 co rrt.• , limn 'Long.. 'flie Oescril'"' arlys. ~..'.'' ' 0 „1,,, ' ' ibr tin .......,- tt', prisontr ‘vall reman i _....- to , fil 4 .1 ,-1 -- . - -.----.". - • „, of 4 ii A t.hlAllg' ''' 1 0 ,1 .' 41 ; Vi' C,,,r,-, si • . ,old ,1 4 . .1 I ' l „..' f ' lv t •illips at :I!arlsei. • "'..14"04...t.. • •,'" los , i , t ' i ': to Ji; ,4 85 Newel.d ie. • ... ...' . " • ' 1 . : ,,.. •,.. • ': s lt , ' . Pll ' t ! ” S c t u t r i le Ottani. • .. , • • ....• : ~1. ~ ..... • •____,.•••-', , • . , A 1 4 1, 4 v ----- ft- , I, DIIVIV" 0011,1' ,C,e ' the pigilt „ 0 1, At the Castle of Dublin , 01,3°1 ~l , , Baker; of a son.et Prii°ll', 1,5 . J1 "1' . 4 4" , 11, ()4t wedpeso.y, if, 01e : 1 ,, ~,tttel'•...... dir e,‘ til. •• %`•- li t i4 Hen) y Bao•ley, Fsci. °I . a . :-'.7 reify. - • . ...., ~, t, At Illebadneg, int ttre'Vti 0 . ..„.„-- :f irt ~,,.....- c t. Min, I;sq. Of 4 son:_____„______,...„...------- I.'' "'• 4 %i , 4.1 1 '' - i . , M.loll' ...•••'' „ t r • fo tt' ''' ' i • 04, , :• I Iligti i''r Vilco' k ...'l Ye,steortlita,),•n,,a',r,o.,itt7e2n,buo:ll3l„.,‘ A nn % . i i i trii maiden Lady, 3-4 01 Gs' .......----"--- t ,,{ 1, ' 4 l-1. t • 'I ' --.......--,.:------'-'--------'---- ,t,r- , •.: 4 - . /OP. 160 , in' 5 0 0 .gi A t'`3l- Grove'lll‘q, 4 I •'1 p i Yesterday raraing, i'r• lii,„,A, - , „ T o .. A ~,,,tt his nee, Charles Fos - 1 o'l . 1vy...4" I s. 'i, N. ) fit% c c. i. '-,• J.:11:n 'fownshend• I p lace , ' . i c' .l ' . va i ' I ttoscl" of J' ' ' 'NI 01 'lne.ni.iy, it) , ~ „ ilort c; ~• I Pcpcs, nieil 79. t he 1 4 foe' • 4 ,0 .., On the SO of Fehritart;e cows el.O.rn, 4,.)ii.t,4: ~4,,,, BYato, F.sq. Prelident ft t;!.. 00.0-itT".... .011 0 7 0 4 . , , ,_, , and dmige at the Adn0r3.:....(..t... o f }tie sit`! , t _ r)t.) tree 19th , l ei .',..)-0001,•„.orson, P . , ,:, ! , nada, Jeremiah Jellieue J , . ~.„, .. , ' .1!1/` thati .', And.. ,_ , ~,-,- 4, 71 ,if • • -• -.--. --------------:':-- --C/%11,10'.4', ' t 13-,CP.01.Z ,-(1)11,,t LtlN7:O% f Printed. kyl,l il It;;:ilii.,..opft I.37llliiin't ; :110 t115 1,,, I I-* ....sia) . ' s •,,:.:0 fact.. ' „.. ! fit l! ° stews, Orders, .--_ . . . ..!