The Express.
London, England, 1859-07-07 00:00:00

TRIAL OF DR. smsnium.

This morn* having b.ee appointed kr the trial d Dr.
Scoetkure, atvaaect of tha mean of Wells Denbee, Si
Lamed, tbe gnattot excitement appeared to peeved to
heat the prampedkne, end eery 'makable rat la the wet
eceipied Meg bales the mewl bows km the 00111111211111-
MN Of the pc"••thap. The Lord Clint Nor.. took
Mg en t►e beech at 10 o'clock.

Tit. pewee", Trak. SemiArta, aged te, sad digetlkd
r a arrow, ter tb.a placed at the bar. Ho err charged
ars aaiadietrast sad alau by lb. o.roaar'. rimmed...a aith
tb• wiltal rarer of Labelle 'Barr.

The replan *wind n.mt guilty in • low tone at voles.

Tito jury were thee sheet to by swore, when the pitman
said is objected to t►e Lod Chid Bares tryieg ►im or he
tailernised is wee ea letiseete pereesal friend of Dr. Taylor.
The C►tet &roe sold that he in 111011111 KIN ►a honeyed, wit►
an his brother ;edges, sad ovary member of may Monty or
meanie histitstioe, certainly wee remained wit► Dr.
Taylor, bat, wit► the ezeryttre of his haying rat hive at
large piny a few days ego, be bad mot seen Win fora cos-
sidsoattle ti s. TY obteettin of els prisoner would probably
apply is every nee of the leaned jag*, as/ Ihe did est %hulk
be engin r adj.mre t►e tried es the ironed seggested.
P.. would, ►n.vet., coahe with lir. Jaen,. Wightessa
ogee the seljoct.

A diod a:rebores ocesollegdy look does Worm lb.
Land Jadpa, sad the Lord Cidel lona dioa sided teat
Ili. Judea \fighters *Ambled rite biro ia the °Odra
tint Mr aid Aged ad be podoosod.
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lls primmer was idea gine ti &erg- to the jury.
Mr. Ilerjawat Bella:Mae wee empeetelly rotes/II with Mr.
Bakis, Ms. Clerk, sad Mi. Merry weeiher, 6,r the pro-
moter& Ur. Sew eut Perry wee opecul'y Pealarl with
Gifferrl to Wend the peewee,.

Jude se the our ter, .bent to proceed, one of the jut ymen
bagged to be excused front retying, on the ground that fr.=
whet Iwo bad beer' be was etrJegly prejudge/4 againot the
redeemer, sad theteforu coastdered ke ought not to he on the
117.

- the Chief B woo Rul•1 him he &boa' l have ma I. the objez-
tka bervre he was swan, mad the court ha n, power to
iaterfere.

Mr. Seejeant Belleitis, then said It would be his painful
duty to ley before the jury the evidence in this else, and it
would be scenery Per the mks of public jostles, for the rake
of the prisoner at the tar, that the y should well consider
simply the evidence that would be brought before them to
prove the charge, and unless it eatisfectirily proved the guilt
of the seemed, they would give the primer the benefit oy
any doubt that might exist in their mind.. The charge was
one of • moat serious eharacter—the allegation wee that the
primmer at the bar toe away the life of a fellow
creature by poison. The cis) was one autroanded by did-
enhies which would be brought oat by the priemer's coun-
sel. The prisoner was • men of Inform ition and learning, and
it seemed that. availing himself of his knowledge, he made sae
of a plow and irritant poison, which he administered to her
himself until, by the mei-tamale:on of poem and irritation,
the poor lady sunk and died. when he had laid the
whole CIF," before them, they would probably be of
opinion that every means were taken by the prisoner
from the commencement to the end to shroud the whole
affair in the deepest mystery. After catol..ning the jury not
to allow Any pr.ludice to effect their judgments he proceeded
to state that Dr. Smethurst was a g. n-1- mac having • oon-
siderable medical knnetledg•t, and in the begiusimg of last
year resided at a boarding house, No. 4, Rifle-tensor, Bays-
water, with his wife, a lady very much older the& himself.
Ab7int Jane teat year Miss Isabella Beaker, a
lady of great respectability, arid having friends
residing in the neighbourhood, went to live
in the came house, when • coneidereble degree of intimacy
sprang up between h. r and the Smethurstt,. This the land-
lady notord, and not thickly, it paper she sprite to Mime
Bastes about it, and the !mutt .1t• that on the 29th of Nov.
she felt and teak lodgings kt Kildare-terrace in the terns
neighbourhood, • kite Dr. Smethurst sad his wife mistimed
to tesitle in lbfb•terreoe. On the 9th of December, Dr.
Bon thur4 and Miss Bathes went to • church in
the neighbourhood of &decreased got martied,sad then both
retuned to their homes for two dojo, after obi& they both
left their lodge's and mat to live together at Richmond.
There they lived without the knowledge of any tweet> r
of . her family cuff! the I Ith or January, when Mesa
Lades Bantam her sister, received a letter from her,
let sot addressed from her pikes of abode. On the
16th of Febreory Ye received another letter, and
then west to see her, when she found they were
living together as ma sad wire. She then saw the
deceased, who was in • very weak Mate, and became very
much excited, hot get perfectly calm before she left. Dt-
eemed end the primmer ware then heist at 10, Alantrvillso,
sad Dr. Julia. and Dr. Bird were admading her. They had
been Net 60 es the recommendation' of the Issdledy, and
Miss Beattie suggested that Mr. losing, of ik. Owes
Hospital and a relative should be east per. but Merriest it,
sad said Ikea Bella did set wish it." Mies Beaks
was to ham mass Astra te see her slater ages,
within dues or (war days, but oa the 19th she received •
Wm from Dr. fasehung, patting elf the visit on the ground
that the electors had ordered her to keep quiet and to receive
se deters. From that time until within • day or two of the
doesesed's death Mee Benkee received letters from Dr.
Finethuret describing the course the Mee was taking,
sad the income of the waking and darrhots. Dr.
Julius is the mean time haw ng tried the usual TlMbedile
in dews of this chartteter. awl finding they bad •
directly contrary effect to what be inte.ded them, got
hie partner, Dr. Bird, to me the patient. Dr.
Bird having had comiderable 'apt rime* In bowel complaints
wee surprised to dad that hie rentedica were just es fruiters
se hte partner's, sad then they prnpomi that Dr. Todd, of
Ring's College, shoal,' be sent for, sad without telling him
their suspicious, dwelled the case to him. When he saw
the deceased, (nom the expression of her constenatioe and the
symptoms described, be bellowed she wss suffering front the
effect of come metallic p' icon std he directed an syscnatioa to
be obtained. It was, and is mai eke it ending remelts was
found in it. Dr. Todd prescribed for her. end after she had
taken the reedlise she lid the same sprite:ma as before.
An evacuation was again obtained, naknowa to Dr.
Smethurst, end la that were trace, cf arsenic. New, so
anent, was Mien lathe medicine made op for her by Dr. Todd,
and if she had taken that peon shet could not have taken it
from say other hand than that of the prisoner, as he woo
the oaly person that attended on her. The next thing he
caked thew saleatice to was the not el the defendant greasy
Mr. dealer, • soli, itor, of itiebrocark le make the will of the
deceased on • derdey, leaving all the property she had at her
own deposal to the primmer, and the statement he made to
lb .t geodes= at ihe lame relative to the mil barley been
drawn up by a berriskr be tows, whoa it was in his own
handwrites', sad also his excess for lke will sang
'moed M er seldom urn% He then
the nature of ate medical evidence, which wend be
exploited by the medical men, and from which he feared
the jury would We no altereatim then come to the eon-
thetas that the praece had c turd the death of the de-
emed by the etlenisietration of antimony and meek.
Nevis, referred to the applarantso of Tereus parts
el the body after death. • h present. d dos
that would Out ha soomintel for by any natural
dieser, but which were oormietent with the death of a per-
son having ben d. stela by email donee of se Irritant
he again adjured theta to give their moat =blamed
attentoe to the evideace, and might Ord guide them to a
right coseladou.

TM Winbe oviritnee w dm glom
Mrs. Mary tleekb, t.. .d ►y Mr. llndkia.—l sad my
Laebersd reside at N. 4, RNirterr•ee, Baymesser, and keep
• F 4,44114100 M The daee•md lady sum to ledge at ley
boom na the 2uth c 4 &iptimeler leaf. The prisoner red ►is
wife ,Lo Wiled with ae. We knew that be arm a medical
rase. It. a ire appeared in be ouch older tline M. When
tot priamier bed been • short time in my ►oam, I noticed
what 1 anosideied to bt improper lenic.i.nity b.t,v btu end
Miss Hose.., sad I opt ks to bee on the saNeet, sad die bit
asy &um. Sao told the primmer in say prewar' that I bad
amen her 'tunes to leave, sad e►m also taxational Um rams.