Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-13 00:00:00

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soup, R.

foh..-1,,a en, ti
soup. ' effect

ses. D

Are it to lie

Led very vipleati:

tien while he administered it. 'An uttempt-was.then .made
to get her'to take' some more '.diluted soup, but. the eirNi
was the same. Witness left to post two letters to ha
Dr. Smethurst said ho was sorry he could notleave
witness's sister. - lie said that since she had had Dr. Todd's
pills she had been worse. Witness-saw no pill boxes about
the rooin Before retiring, she asked Dr. Smethurst if she
could he of any'service in remaining with her sister; lass
he said he preferred sitting up with her. Witness occuni
a room in a cottage a house or

sisters,

again about half-past nine,in.themorn
He said on Sunday night that witness

prepare her si

-. Witness
p; of the 2nd

Smethurst wis

:s he would

to receive he

howevE

had better not

lie room in readiness

When she got the

me med

and, on her return, he mid
ister had had something the.
He was upstairs at the time. Witness did mne
know then that information had been given to the ntagis-
trate. She saw the constable come. Dr. Smethurst cans

le for her s
ig it. Dr. S

cl it was no use her

3 to town for son}

with something
in Lamb's Conduit-street

which he had written,

Site was

about three

was no us

-room,

Dr. Julius had beeti a

Witnes!

,nd was much agitated. He

•ed which her si
her some arrow

Smeth

said Dr. Julius was treating her wrong, and they wen
killing her. He went up stairs and he then kissed her with
every mark of affection. He then came down to the witness,
•ave food to her sister, and witness thought she was too&
r. Witness knew Dr. Smethurst had been to ske
~.-court. A nurse had h^^-- t for, and

_ _—• uee❑ sen, _ witness put
the things out for her, Dr. Smethurst remarking that as kke
(witness) had taken the matter in her own hands, the
responsibility would fall upon her. The deceased wished to
get out of bed for a necessary purpose, when witness retirtvl„
leaving the nurse in the room. Dr. Smethurst went in ma
said the room was too warm. On witness's return she ra.ve
deceased some brandy-and-water, and shortly after she 4,atk.

nto a state of unconsciousness, and died that day. Witzrem
ooked into the room on one occasion, and thought itx
ister was sleeping.

By the Chairman : The quantity of brandy she gave lima
three_or four teaspoonfuls.

Witnesses were next called to prove the marriage of
deceased with the prisoner, and documents were put inm
fying the fact of their marriage by license at Battersea chuath.

Frederick Barnard, sen., solicitor. was next called., azif,
said that on Saturday, the 30th April, the prisoner came it
the morning part, and asked if he would make up a will far
a lady. lie consente,d, and said he would come directly,
but the prisoner said he did not want him tilt 11:z
next day. An objection was raised, as it was Sun iv,
when prisoner said it must be then, as it was a case of
necessity, as the lady was so ill. Witness said he wymlld.
rather it be on Monday, to which the prisoner conscate4
if he would agree to come on the Monday if required. The
prisoner produced a piece of foolscap paper, with writim
on, which he said bad been prepared by a barrister fries
in London. About nine o'clock on Sunday morning D.
Smethurst called upon him, and said he wanted him as
the lady was very ill. Witness asked that the medical
might be present, which Dr. Smet.hnrst declined, as the
lady was not particularly right in her mind ; she was suffer-
ing from diarrhoea and vomiting, which lasted for al-A..1,
three weeks. Witness went to the house and was shows,
into the parlour, and he there told him that the lady aza
himself were living together as man and wife, and t. t.

consequently, that the Te

aan should be a .witness

'y matters were sett

Itichinom

little while,