The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-18 00:00:00

DRURY LANE THEATRE

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Mr. E. T. Smith brought one of the 'west Sou e /Is
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seasons on record to a close on Saturday- Tue 005`1,1
full, and when the audience summoned Mr. Saab
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he addressed them, thanking them for their sale 0013
promising the best collection of histrionic talent sopte0
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secure on the resumption of his management
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te ber. He was loudly cheered by the audience• j
On Saturday evening the company Prenill 03°'
Smith with a very handsome silver vase "In et3:slVre ittl it
tion of the successful and:very agreeablemsaear:lo,l fit,
was the following characteristic note :
1,5, 191.
"T. It. Drury-lane,
"My dear Smith,—The accompanying vase.ri; villslo3
testify to the general of myself and '1'000;0'
your company, the malignity of your scene
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the acrimony of your band, towards you, for
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ins brutality towards us all during 'the 13'"
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must
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very shortly), you will perceive that the
converted, at the shortest notice, into a tea-nr-; W COOS
you fall into difficulties, it would be supertieen ore
out to you the advantages of the spout- ICI* yen
made aware of our mutual hostility. hA
" For myself, I have only to assure you t—,rosl•s.
constant and bitter enemy, " C. J• Al`‘l

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CAPITAL CONVICTION. —A woman, HOMO or lasi;
has been convicted at Down assizes for t'lluof Foy°1?" itt'
Margaret Withers, at Saintfield, on the 25th joa e coo:
Justice in this case has been prompt—a Pere!' tlitiere6';
more than a fortnight having intervened bet,vv,, or ~ept.o
mission of the:deed and the conviction of the .'sVithio
Margaret Whhers was a poor old w°ll3. an Who
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small hnxter's shop in the town of Saul "ae, 90,..
three doors of her house lived two sister!! r0`70015 tne!`o
and Mary West, who were In the habit sister!! °he ,0
chases at the shop of their neighbour, a wonret'th "cowr
own. On the evening of the 22d of last ev had ottle.
sisters, having heard that a small sumo f 03005 A tog tbeit
into the old woman's possession, took counsel
°fa the,ol
how they should kill her, and obtain the c",ary, ste,, the' i
diabolical avarice. They determined on all,: ittl'i bed
deliberately proceeded to the old woman's s'leles °Vil,,e"
while she was serving them vi ith some al; tier* the 4
little stock, they fell on her and murderet. tipoc r tP,
the deed was done fear seems to have fallea
seam for rev
and they were unable to prosecute their ...as $ ole
wages of their sin. All that they could fix" do" the
pounds of butter, and this they carried o'l
fruits of their bloody deed. _ .-

POISONING OF A LADY,

BY STRYCHNIA, AT LEEDS

VERDICT OF WILFUL MURDER,

(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER
LEEDS, MoNDAY
The adjourned inquest on the body of Mrs. Dove was held
this morning at ten o'clock. So intense was the excitement
caused by the case, that, as early as eight o'clock, the various
approaches to the court were beseiged by a multitude of
Persons, desirous of gaining admission, and, on the doors being
°Pened, the rush was tremendous, and the court became almost
I"tantly crowded in every part. The audience comprised a
Peat number of ladies, who were content to stand in the dock,
and auy other part of the court.
„CThe bench was fully occupied with the magistrates. Mr.
orley and Mr. Nnnnelev, the surgeons, were also again
',resent. The prisoner was brought into court in the custody
Lethe superintendent of police, and took his seat under the
rien, &Arse to Mr. Barrett, his attorney, with whom he was
In freqlent conversation during the progress of the case.
It will be seen from the coroner's summing up, which was
that
edingly lengthy, and of which an outline is subjoined, that
it Ifunctionary made a rather pointed allusion to the difference
op 'Tinian amongst medical men, as to the discovery of
leania after death. It will be at once perceived that the
Znunparison he made as to the analysis by Mr. Morley and Mr.
Rees, had reference to the analysis by D. Taylor and Dr.
"s in connexion with the charge against William Palmer
foriute the murder of Mr, Cook, which Las excited such
,;e interest throughout the country:
~,inue Proceedings this morning commenced by Mr.
nn,ing to read a very lengthy report of some further expe-
tl.liattea_itse7hich had been made by himself and Mr. Morley,
that the some conversation with the coroner, it was agreed
time, should draw. up a condensed report, in order to save

Nunneley

Mr iv
e,„ Mr, Nunneley remarked that the longer document was
but "all) in order to a full explanation of their experiments,
eventually the following report was submitted :-
4AnnrrloNaL REPORT ON THE ANALYSIS OF THE STOMACH.
;411 a further test of the presence of poison in the stomach,
ittng elle which, as nearly as possible, would amount to demon-
we determined to try whether the spirituous extract
°
,11"ned from the contents of the stomach. already shown by
einical testa to contain strychnia, possessed really the poison-
°°a fjualities of that substance.
t selected, for experiment, two rabbits, two mice, and one
to,'!illea Pig, and as the most exact method of acting upon anch
cnicaals with small quantities of poison, wo applied it by inoc-
ilatian through small openings either into the cellular tissue
Caween the skin, or into one of the serous cavities of the
Alma in one of the mice, giving a portion by the mouth.
Y°, each of these five animals thus submitted to experiment,
the
enaracteristic effects of poisoning by strychnia was produced.
In two of them (the two mice and a vigorous rabbit) death
:tried respectively in two minutes, twelve minutes, and fifty
mt0,,,,-"t" from the first introduction of the poison. The symp-
'"
-eI Preceding death were disturbed respiration, general distress,
o,:tvulsive twitchings or jerkings, tetanic spasms, a peculiar
s stretching of the legs, and general rigidity of the body,
Itrtatus which are exactly those commnnly produced by
lnlia• In the fourth animal, the rabbit, the symptoms
Rarel'e equally well marked and decisive, but although the
unEal lay for a time nearly dead, it afterwards revived, and
_eyeentually recovered. In the guinea pig, the effects at first
itrit re much more slight. The spasms were not so strong as to
it alt it down or entirely disable it, but on the following day
" was found dead, with the muscles rigid, and the hind
legs as if from the effects of the poison.
tin, or the Purpose of comparison we conducted, at the same
%lei, a Parallel series of experiments on other animals with
aarY strychnia. In these animals the symptoms were
pZI, similar to those produced in the five acted on by the
11 eXtraeted from the body of Mrs. Dove. They were,
a series, not more severe, and not more rapidly fatal.
pirese animal experiments, which add the effect of
dj,lifilagical effect to that of the chemical re-agent,
—l"elY Confirm our analysis, and taking them in
ohe7"1011 with the analysis, and with the symptoms
is
__pled during life, and with the appearance noted in the
"a, after death, they efford,in our opinion, the most complete
rat' that the death of Mrs. Dove was from the poisonous
Recta of the strychnia, and from no other cause.
GEORGE MORLEY.
THOMAS NUNNELEY,
The Conner : This is your joint opinion, gentlemen,
is tt ? Mr. Nunneley • It is the joint opinion of both
of us ? :

thThe Coroner to the Jury : Gentlemen do you wish to ask
n'edical gentlemen any questions on this further evidence
Th
~,",ry replied in the negative.
Coroner : Mr. Barrett do you %vie,
""ti"18 ? Mr. Barrett : No, I have no ques
to them.

It to ask them any

called—who had waited upon the deceased during her
illness,- either as neighbours or- attendants, had any hand
in her death, and he hoped he was not pressing too hard
upon the prisoner, Mr. Dove, when he said that there were
suspicions upon him, but suspicion was not guilt. The
coroner pointed out the various suspicious circumstances
against the prisoner as disclosed by the evidence, remark-
ing that the jury would remember that the prisoner de-
clined to accede to Mr. Morley's wish for a consultation
with some other medical man, and they would also bear in
mind his great objection to aT post-mortem eXamination. On
the sth of March, the Wednesday after his wife's death, a
further conversation took place between him and Mr.
Morley, and looking at that conversation, and putting the
most charitable construction upon the acts and language
of the prisoner, it seemed to be impossible to reconcile
them, and particularly his anxiety about knowing the
result of the analysis, with entire innocence on his part.
On Thursday, the 6th day of March, the day after this
interview with Mr. Morley, the prisoner again met
Harrison at the New Cross, and on that occasion he
appe:ired very anxious to know if strychnia could be dis-
covered after death, saying to Harrison, " can they dis-
cover a grain and a half, or a grain ? " Upon which Harri-
son said, "have you given your wife any ? " when
the prisoner replied "No; but I got some from Mr.
Morley's man to poison the cats with, and some might
have been spilt, and she (meaning his wife) might have
got some." This is substantially confirmed by the
evidence of the witness Story. Perhaps, whai he said to
Mr. Harrison was no doubt true, about poisoning the cats,
but, considering that the prisoner had strychnia in his
possession, that he knew its effects both on man and the
lower animals, that he knew it was deadly poison, he, of
all others, should have known beyond a doubt, having the
custody of it, whether any portion of it could by possibi-
lity have been spilt, and spilt in such a way as to be
accidentally mixed up with his wife's food or medicine.
The suggestion of such a thing by:the prisoner, under the
circumstances of this case, raises the strong presumption
of his guilt, but it is by no means' conclusive evidence of
it. I have now, gentlemen, very imperfectly, perhaps,
gone through all the material evidence brought before
us. If you are satisfied that strychnia was the cause
of death it will be your duty to say if it was designedly
administered to her by some one, and considering the fact
of the prisoner being in possession of poison, and the
further fact that he must have been present when the
poison was given, you will have to determine whether,
under all the circumstances of the case, you can have any
reasonable doubt that he administered it to his wife on
the night of her death. If he did not administer it, can
any other person be suggested? If not, if all the world
be excluded except the prisoner, you must find a verdict
of wilful murder against him. If, after the fullest delibe-
ration you see reason to doubt, then you must give the
prisoner the benefit of that doubt, and find a verdict of
wilful murder against some person unknown. The time
occupied in the delivering of the charge was upwards of
three hours.
The jury then retired to consider their verdict, and
were absent nearly an hour. On their return into court,
The Coroner said: Gentlemen, have you agreed upon
the verdict? The Foreman : We have.
The Coroner : What is your verdict ? The Foreman :
We find that Harriet Dove has died from the effects of
strychnia, wilfully administered by her husband, William
Dove.
The Coroner : That is a verdict of wilful murder against
William Dove ? The Foreman : Yes, that is our intention.
The delivery of the verdict caused a great sensation in
court.
The Coroner at once signed the warrant for the pri-
soner's committal to York Castle on the charge, and the
witnesses were all bound over to give evidence at the next

assizes.
The prisoner received the announcement of the verdict
without manifesting the slightest emotion.

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