The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-14 00:00:00

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y improper and reprehensible

ege of Physicianß

of the Royal Society, and also Professor of materia
medica, at Gay's Hospital, who was associated with Pro-
fessor Taylor in making the analysis confirmed the evidence
of the last named gentleman in every respect.
Dr. Knight, of Stafford, was here recalled and examined
by Mr. Deane. He said : My opinion as to the cantle of
the death of Mrs. Ann Palmer, has been eontiderably
modified and altered, since I have heard the evidence of
Professors Taylor and Rees, and I am inclined to think that

have been mittall

n in the opinion which I gave
,yesterday under the circumstances stated to me by Mr.
Palmer on my visit to the deceased Mrs. Palmer, and I am
now disposed to think that the true cause of death has been
assigned by Professors Taylor and Rees ; having heard those
opinions, I now believe, that when I saw Mrs. Palmer, she
n by antimony; Mr. Palmer did

was stir

lot tell me what me

if any, he bad preset-tot,
Dr. Bamford was called in; after hearing the statements of
Professors Taylor and flees, and the description Riven
yesterday by Dr. Monckton, of the condition of the body
there is nothing inconsistent with Mrs.
natural ,
vet I don't believe that.,otnitin she om
did ; from causes
the
the appearancl of the viscera, as described by Dr. Monck-
ton, my opinion is that vomiting was not the cause of
death ; I found Mrs. Palmer in so exhansted a state that I
coal(' not g-t from her a statement as to her feelings ; I
b-lieve that it is impossible to form an accurate opinion as to
the nature of a disease unless the patient suffering is able
to describe his feelings ; I consider that tartar emetic
was certainly not a proper medicine to administer to her.
An adjournment of half an hour here took place. On the
proceedings being resumed,
Mr. Benjamin Miller, surgeon, of B irton-under-Need-
wood, was called, and said, that in January and February,
1854, he examined Mrs, Primer, on a proposal made by her
hu-band to insure her lire for £5,000, in the Scottish
Equitable Insnrance Citritkinv ; subsequently, he examined

after d

g died

molthe of Jin

Fehrurv, 1851, on
, in the Liverpool
ter healthy.
ye a geennd

, anti the A•lna orfices' he found

d not sufferi;

from or

cnttish Ecud.ab
ed him t,i oivA

's stite or h.alth, in the ovie
t the req,iest of Mr. Palmer,
ertifilate without a2aln exam-
! so recently ex mined her; and

.s. nmer was preErnant when the

k it anvi

r to insure

Did you ever her of a c

Jt slow poisoning

No, nPver

jqry w;sh to know your onininn
leo of D-. ,i_ht Alr. ltarnforl

for nod R
to by Dr.

('R, th. pnst
tonektnn. 4;)

the post, morteot

of Staff Tl, Rutted that
::mined lira_ P.lmAr

life fnr £3OO, 'arl

another examination on a

ter, to in,iore his wiff-'i life
e certified that Mrs. Palmer

es% of T

ner,) m

(eon of Mr.
it the New Equit We Life
On the 13th of January,
the cate of a
, oposal for £3OO on the life of Mrs. Palmer,cert bifiy her bus-
iand ; on the 19th it was :accepted; ou ;he 26,h 4 January,
1854, a further oronosal for £3,000 on the life of Mrs.
Palmer was received by the office and accepted the same
day, but afterwards, on further investigation, it was
lecliped,
A Juror wished to know why the proposal was declined ?
sted that such a question was not
nent to the inquiry, and be called upon the coroner to exer-
cise some discretion in allowing these irrevalent questions to
be answered.
The Coroner : This is' a preliminary enquiry, and I
should he very sorry to prevent any question which 'be jury
may think it necessary to ask from being answered and put

mt the last wi'n

Mr. Smith proti

on the note...
A Juror : Will you state why tharproposal was declined?
Witness : It was declined in consequence of some infor-
mation we received from one of the other offices, and
because we heard that proposals had been made by Mr.
Palmer on the life of his wife at other offices, and declined.
Mr. S nith : Whr, this is no evidence es affecting the
nresent enquiry. We have heard that Mr. Palmer poisoned
Lord Gorge Bentinck; I will have that on the notes soon.
(L ngh er )
ry Mr. John Goddar

toga actuary to the Rock Life Insurance
.reposed
26-h of January, 1854. by W. Palmer. for the
assurance of his wif,'s life for £5OOO, for six yfars ; after
the propnsal was made the directors wished to know the
interest which Mr. Palmer had his wife's life, the amount
which he was going to insure in their office;the amount he
was about to borrow, and why the proposal waq made for
six years only ; the proposal was ultimately declined.
Mr. Thomas Michael St-awbridge, manner of the
National Provincial Branch B ink at Ruzeley, and also agent
at 11f4.; ley to the Scottish Equitable Insurance Company,
depo•ed to a p licy being effected in January, 1854, for
£5OOO, by W. Palmer, on the life of his wife, Mrs. Ann
P Onier, and also to the amount of the policy hein; paid to
Palmer in March. 1355, after Mrs. Palmer's death.
Mr. Alfred Bishop Butterfifli. of London, a clerk in the
Sun Life Insurance Company, produced a proposal made by
W. P:Omer on the life of his wire. for £5OOO, dated the 10th
tv.as silned by

uoma
on the

of Fob• n rv, 1

John

Amicable Trlstir

tiy maid, tht a made to to that (Ace• onomp the 3r,1,.TAnaa,w,a
1854, by
• le, for £3OO ; the proposal,

,lamer, on the lir

1, and produced a bottle which
the superintendent of police at
r's house, the clay on wh;eh
geley to Stafford, on the 913th
the blttle were cornlosed of
t.• • ^ •

Y, in P
• .._

; the
I ant;
AO ; II h
t _ •

'ntents

estinz it

niony ; it was better known to

een the

Smith,

r Taylor, gal l : Is not this
of in this country of slow

'At on record

p ace re.pectinz Pro've:nr

s analYsis of the contents
is he (Professor Tay'lo►)
night. Mr. Deane and
be cenveniant.

n which
g the reitl 't of his

of those

ith ob

n that case they had better

the cause of

Palmer',s.

The G

er then pr

s remar

d to address the jury. He
Tyin^ that many statements

he hoped
alight

InYtaino *

0 1.1101? lt,

In reference to the case of Mr. James Parsons Cook, a
book has been found in Palmer's library which treats of
poisoning by strychnine, and in one pate of this book
there are a number of marginal notes in Palmer's hand-
writinr, descriptive of the symptoms and effects of
strychnine, which exactly, in every particular, correspond
with the symptoms exhibited by the late Mr. Cook imme-
diately before his death. This hook is in the possession
of the police, and will he produced at the trial.
The charge against Mr. Samuel Cheshire, the postmas-
nen preg- I ter of Rurel y, of opening the letter from Professor Tay-