The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-08 00:00:00

THE GE•____________.
dSGOIV POISONING C'ASE.

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TRIAL OF MADELEINE SMITH.
The Lord Advocate
The court met again to-day, at ten o'clock.
prosecution. Alter some general observation., he yid
tees
the first point to be taken was that this unfertunete
L'Angelier died of arsenic—of that there was no do MI4
doubt. Tee
next question was, by whom Was that poison adroinieteed
This young lady returned from a London boarding whine,:
the ago of 17. She toot L'Angelier in 1951, or the
of 1865. In 1851, he heed been poor, but had
'reeked by
way up to a comparatively respectable position—liked o,
all those that came in contact with him—spoken
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landladies, employers, and other., as honest and rose,
An attachment arose, which was forbidden by the
and it was only right to soy that the letters at that tires
were in a proper and dutiful spirit. The attachment wy
afterwards mourned, and led to a criminal eonnexiee, H,;
afterwards threatened to show the letters to her fat*.
There was nothing dishonourable m this—the diehcase
would have been in allowing her to become the wife
of aa7
honest roan. She implores to get her letters hack. See
then bought arsenic. Then her lettere resume all the
ardour of passion; she is engaged to be married to area e
stun; and L'Angelier dies of poison, If the proof be sack
that no reasonable man can doubt the guilt, then, incredible
as the story may be, and fearful as would be the mesh of
the verdict, that verdict moat be given. In occult csea
the ends of justice would be perpetually defeated if there
were no conviction except eons redeem Saw the deed
done; and, in cases of poison, that remade applied with
peculiar form, as poison ie not likely to be adminieteed
before witness+. Ile would now conceder the evidence is
detail, going in order of time, beginning with the 29th of
April, 1868. The lettere' that date asks to me the prim&
the first night her father is "06," in order that they might
"spend an hour of blew." On Friday, the 2nd 3 ay, rho
wastes that her father bad been in bed; but it would teaks
no ditterenee—L'Angelier was to go to the gee at half--peat
ten, end wait for her on Tuesday, the Bth May. The neat
letter was Wednesday morning, the 7th ?day—trusting he
got been safe, and containing the most unmistakable eve
deuce of their having bad guilty rennexien the night bet"
The language was not to be mistaken. That date wee the
commencement of the tragedy. From that time down to the
end of the year she continued to write in a strain he would
not characterise—showing an utter overthrow of the morel
sense and exhibiting a picture which he did nut know me
had a parallel. If it is said that L'Angelier bad his osa
share in corrupting, it could have been but a small thee.
lie then referred to the letter of 27th May, container se
mistakable allueens and invitation. to leather commie%
sad arguing that their intimacy had not km mimed
ear sinful, as else was hie wife. In ameba letter she eye
dee could nut see hits, till the niobte were longer. Heti&
emend to the letter, obviously in September, 18.56, in skid
she alludes to el ionoch, which she did frequently afterwards,
obviously preperiese *dodoes...ad to learn that she inclined te
favour that gentletuan. He then quoted the letter written te•
fore the prisoner went to Illythswood.equare, saying that
she c cold not oohed him, owing to her mom bekg te the
sauce flour os the front door—a difficulty sleek the jelly
would me had been gut over. She so arreneed as to have her
room in the sunk storey, and that bur window which was
below the level of the pavement, should be the del ository of
Ye cornaipindence, in support of whic-h gocemeut his lore-
,' lien quoted the letter advising the deemed to use bream me
I&lopes, as being lees liable to be seen when dropped down to
bee window. The jury were then requested to e unehe a
pia of the hone., the Lewd Advocate arguing that moo
mkt be obtained to both fiats without disturbing - the
sleepers in the bedroom.. He then quoted the
Yet letter from Illythswood.equare, telling L'Angeler
to come and drop in a letter at eight o'clock, eel
saying ehe could lot him in at the front dour, add*
that she would not let n chance WS. He called puttee&
attention to the fact that she could give admission at the
front door without disturbing the family. He then ewes
to the lettere, from which it appeared that there was s
serious intention of the parties to elope. Letter No. 71
I (17th December) showed sho was going to a concert, sal
I that her brother and sheer had issued invitations to a pato.
A letter of the 19th complained that the demand had
represented be. as to the circumstances under which Ego
noch had weompanied her to the concert, and that he alines
doubted her word. There was evidence here that, after the
firm few weeks of her intercouree, her feelings towards
L'Angelier deeded. She says in another letter that be
°ahem. began when they came to Cleegow in Nevada.
The letter No. 79 was of great consequenee, as referring le
meetings in the Blythswoodequare house; from intend
evidence it must have been posted about tend December.
Then came a letter, inviting him to the how if her father
and mother went to Edinburgh—eke could let him bo-
there was no danger. That meant, you shall come into
the house—does it not Mean you Lave been in the
home The eorrespondenee flue for proved the greatest
intimacy—of such a chereeter that no rye could have seen
it without the character of the pnmner being blasted;
rile, speaking as being actually the deceased's wife, and
eneageng not even to flirt with Mr. Minnoch ; in that
',coition were the parties at the end of 1856. On the 9th
January, 1867, she write. wishing the could have him with
her in bed, bat she has alao an observation to the effect the
she could not see him, and that he mud just leave the note
and go away. "'rVhen we shall meet !gni° I cannot tell."
On Saturday the 10th, she writes hoping he had got he
note, fearing that there was not noels chance of meet*
him again at that time, and winds, the etrongeet terms of
endearment—perhaps in ten days she could see him again—
" the same ea lute On Wednesday, the 11th, eke limos
that the doss not see that there is any ebeince for them
gettiog married at Edinburgh, and that she had dined-with
inemb and liked him. On Monday, the 19th, ehe weir—
s manifest chill Laving come over her expresseons—eayieg
that she forgot she would not be at home to metre hereafter,
but that C. H. would take it in, and that ehe bad so lewd
him when he was at the window the night before—so the
the jury would observe that She hod been at the wiedow
with him on the night of Sunday the 18th January. Ti
envelope of letter No. 97, Friday, 22rd January, contain!
another letter bearing date Sunday; but it ia in pule
and probably never wee in an envelope at all. 22:
of him having just left her. The true date is
Sunday the 18th, ell proved by her letter of 19th. Third
date ie Wedneetily, the 21st Jiinuery. She asks why thee
was no letter on Monday night, and eying she could adt as
him on Thursday. Tho next was Thursday saying the pee
tinge must be put off—that there was DO Cisme* till Mari,
On the 28th the prisoner accepts Mr. Minnoch—this letter
having been written on the 23rd. The next documents were
only envelopes, and then came two letters of the &epee
porible consequence ; but before reading them they mot
mark Mr. Kennedy's evidence, that in Februery L'Anseliee
had said with tears that Miss Smith had broken off became
there was manse on both side., but that ho would note&
up the lettere lend that she should never wrong any et&
MAIL One of these letters began, "I felt truly astonished of
having my letters returned," he., and repeating the wary
wade about "coolness on both *idea," wheel had bees re-
peated by L'Angelier to Kennedy. In th et letter she laid
him to bring her letters and likeness on Thursday emerge
and that she would give him leek Lie on Friday. Spa
repetesated that the only reason was coolneee on both sides.
She wee engaged to klinnort four &lye before. • fibs
was to return the deceased's lettere—therefore ehe had
letters; what became of them, we have had no explanation
whatever. What a labyrinth of bewilderment this eutheppy
girl, by her lapse of virtue, was involving &eel, in: She
thought thee what she said would induce L'Angelier to
fly off indignantly. She bed horn 'De recollections of the
eerreepondence, and that be had her in hie pewee
L'Angelier did not answer for more than • week,
end on the 9th Mee appointed Thuedey the 12th for
him to come to the window. L'Angelier refuted to glee to
the letters or to give up her, but paid he would three
them to her father. If things had not gone so far bolus
them two, it might have been ungenerous and unmanly is
Angelior to take thin mune; but he was homed in honer
to prevent Minench marrying Ler. Ile conewheed her le
his wife, and it is doubtful r rho was not so in
The appointment stood for the 1-th. n and en Monday
to die9th,
t her
9th, she wrote the letter imploring him not to pa
open shalt*, and saying, " I am free from ell lngsge!sts,
at present," a deliberate faleehond of this unhappy got se.
yet one of the least of her crimes. An other lefts
followed in the same imploring strain, and eepteeing the
.
she had " put upon paper what the ought not." She UM
write. the falsehood, even in n
the deluding remonstrate
that the had given all her lee bit's,, and cared for no one
elate Two important eircumenowee now °courted. In the
mould week of February the pent a boy for preemie sod,
She had reseed to love L'Aneelier—ehe bad neenlndote
usury another. For what oiuld she want the pmssie seed,
Foe what purpose did she ray the wanted n? For per
hank—a cosine:tie. This is the fist indication of what be
mind was running on. There had been • good deal .
sesdical midance in this case, but had anybody met tell
te me
thst prussic acid had been used as a ci f'
wanted the. before the meeting she hid aples'
for Wed ray, tho 11th February. M hat took flee!
at Dint interview they could not tell ; but they knee
that the feud had been maeo tip. Bed on whet teL
Not on the footing of L'Angeher giving op the keen
but on the footing of their engagement tiontineing.
went on with the old tone of love end affection tomer
L'Angelier, and at the fame time going on with the
'th Minuet:l and reciewee
preparations for her marrow.
the congratulations of her kende. She writes aprl!aZ
a meeting for Tharedey, and wanting back heron
letters," four in number. Thursday we. the lffin
February. On Tuenday, the 17th, L'Anecher dined W,F
Mies Peery, and told her he was to ree Miss Smith on lees
19th. He afterwards told Mitt,/ Perry be hod peen big.?
the 19th, A day or two before the Teed of Februff
my the 19th—L'Angelier was mired with illness.
symptom, were the symptoms of serried poionhelio
went to the office the (ley after, the 20th; the ,t• e' ty
en
prisoner purchased arsenic. Thin was not the first Poo
ehe had tried to bey poiern. She seed for the sessis_
openly; but the um she alleged wee, on her own cen .•
falsehood. HASIng Purchased arsenic on the 21st. L'
maw her on the 22nd, end was mods seized with the ai!l
diner. If the jury believed Miss Pairs, Addeas!!!!
her he bad seen the prisoner ea tba 19th, and had less
afterwards ill; end had iced her again on the 2224 sr.
bad again bean Ill; and that be bad got from her Gem

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
THIS DAY.

EQUITY COURT.
(Before Vita-Chancellor Sir Wm. Pap Wood.)
DUNCAN V. ALICIA:HAIL
Mr. Cairns moved ea pate toe an injunction to restrain
the mailing of the dip Starlight. The ship ho maid was built
is the State of Mains, mad regastend than b Gilbert Speer.
Its mortised bar foe 20,000 dollars to Jamb Crake, who
smignsd the mortises to the plaintiff. The defendant Aka•
under allied that be had bought the ship of Spear, and be
bad clads/ an Saida milder kr bee, though be must
lam known skis was a fonign-latillt ship.
The Victi-Cbsnaellew granted a straining order until
Satneday, with raked motion fa Friday.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.
(Hsi= Mr. Coo mbeloner Murphy.)
to it JAMES BROWN.—AINOCLAit CASE.
TV Insebont, keeper, who applied order the
Prolastke A* ti
ro by Mr. Sargoud for • creditor
to SWAM,supported by Mr. Denney.
An was takes to the bearing on th• pond of
• ti an the schednle—tamely 401., ea owing to
the inaolrest by persons whose names end addresses ha did
not know. He maid that bricklayers and other persona
owed hint money for "plate" of bets, bat he did not know
their manses.

Serslt;od submitted that the ins:doe:a must Me a pro-
per ached , with the mums of the debtors.
Mr. Denney said it wee a flimsy objection to tle' rase.
Mr. Commissioner Murphy raid TOM or Juek had pints
of beer, sad how could they be described except es Tam
with the red whiskers l" (Laughter.)
Mr. fiergood errionsly pot the come to the co as east
which could sot be Wowed to pr. It was a
way of
accounting foe 401. which could not be tolerated.
Tho Learned decided that the insolvent had
lied the beet asoottat he meld, and the case proceeded sad
stood over.