Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-25 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1857.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.

PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.

The Emperor, on his return to the- capital, .has
lost no time _before,proceeding-to business. He
presided at a Council of Ministers, held at the
Tuileries, at eleven this morning.
It is announced that a Pope's bull, authorising
modifications in.the Liturgy, has just been received
in Paris, and will be promulgated immediately. I
presume"that this bull relates to a subject about
which, strange to say, there has been much dif-
ficulty and long negotiation, namely, the simple
substitution of the word " Emperor" for the wOrd
" King" is the French prayer books.

M. Jules Gonelen, a 'wea known writer, who some
time since left 'the Univers on, the occasion of a
grand split among the.conductors of that journal,
is about to start a newyreligious newspaper, to be
called the Universel. -

SWEDEN.

BERLIN, Nov. 23

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 22.—The Bourse yesterday
founded a new association, to be called the Society
of Credit. The object of the society is to assist
members by loans, and mutually to sustain public
credit, The subscription amounts to four millions.
A. board of tWelve directors has been elected, with
very extensive powers. This board is composed of
the most notable personages at the Bourse.

CHARGE AGAINST A MASTER-CARTER,
IN LIVERPOOL,- FOR AN ATTEMPT 'TO' POISON
• HIS WIFE.

Yesterday, at the polipe-court, John Giy,, n master.
carter, living in Cneapside, was brought up by officers
Carlyle of detective police, and inspector Duggan, on a
charge of having attempted to poison his wife.
Mr. Goodere was for the prisoner, who it a man over
55 years of age, a heavy, ill-dad, and very dirty person in
his appearance. Tne wife is under 4, and was hand-
somely dressed.

Mr. Cloaah in stating the case, said the prisoner is a
master carter, living in Che ipside, and' the owner of ten
carts and a large number of horses. He had been married
to his present wife four years. They. have not lived con-
tentelly together for some time past. She was not in very
good health, and on Tqesday last she went to the, shop of
Dr.)Games, and saw an assistant of his, and he gave her a
bottle of medicine, with directions to take two tea spoonsful
twice a day. She continued to take it up to Sunday last,
when, in her absence, the' prisoner went into the bedroom.
The daughter of the complainant, by a former' husband,
happened to go into the bedroom at the lune, and saw,the
prisoner there, and obser,.ed him take some white powder,
like flour, out of a paper from under his arm, and put it
into the medicine bottle. Nothing more'was thought about
it at the time. The medicine wh'eh the complainant had
got she imagined had done her good, but she did not take
any of it on Sunday night. On Monday morning she took
the usual quantity, and soon afterwards felt very ill, and
got worse, when ber stomach turned.
Here the prisoner exclaimed, you had .better put a
rope round my neck and hang me at once.
Mr. Clough went on to say that the woman continued
ill, rand. went to bed. She had occasion to send for.
Inspector Doggaa that day, in reference to an affair about
some lead that had been stolen.

Prisoner : I did not know that she took any medicine,
except three pennyworth of eol
Mr. Clough went on to say that Duggan, on leaving the
room, asked her what she had b(ea taking, and she tAd
him, and pointed to the bot le, and then said it had done
gocd up to that mowing; bat, then, it had made her
very ill, and turned her stomach. On leaving the room,
he met the daughter of the woman (y a forme, husband),
a girl about IS years of age, and she told him that she had
seen her fatter put some white powder into the moi:cine.
This caused the suspicions of the inspector to be aroused,
and he tookpossession of the bottle and also some of what
had,b en Ejected, from the worthin's stomach. He to .k
.the battle Dr Games, to have. it examined ; and D:.
Games, after looking to it, called in. Dr. prown, and he
analise,l it, and he. will tell 3buoivhat he found ;in it. He
then called. c _

Inspector Duggan, who sated : She sent for me about
some lead that was stolen.: He then corr )borated the
eta em nt of Mr. Clough, and. said when he heard of the
facts, he su=p cited that a' l-was not right, as tbe parties did
not live on good terms. He took the bottle to Dr. Gimes,
and did not lose sight of it until Dr. Brown got it.
,also had what w s ejected from the stomach.
In reply to Mr. Goodere, the witness said if she was
poisoned,. she inspect one of her own workmen
before kter husband.

Mary Gay, seta then examined : She said, I live at 49,
Oh';,l:Psidef and am the wife of the pisoner.
..We are.
married. four years. I 'was ill last week, and Went to Dr.
Games. I saw a pers in in the ship, ant he gave me a
battle of medicine, and I was to -take two table spoonsful
morning and evening, until it was out, and
.I did se.. I
took it on Thursday and 'Faiday, when my huShancreaMe
in drank and annoyed me. Took .it twice on Saturday...l
was not in.btd ell th: time. but went about my business as
usual. I did not taste Any on Sunday.
,T.ve,prisoner was
ie bed the &2reater part o' Sunday. We: had a quarrel
_that day, and-he phased me down stairs, about one o'clock.
Left the medicine in the window of-.the belroom beside
'llia bed. Saw my daughter Francts below, and sent her
.ap to v:e if the prisone • was in bed. Frinces Shaun, nis
my daughter by a former husband. I returned to the bed-
room in the evening, and went to call him for dinner,'and
h`e was then in- b.c.l;: it was two hour's after. I don't
recollect anything particular that took
.place; he said no
mor,n about the. qualrel, as he wai in a prnsion. at flea,
hut it was thin, pves. the medicine the next morn-
ing a little after eight o'clock. It ok two tea-sponrifulls,
hut it riladenre7lll there and then. It was thick an I sandy
in my mouth, and I took- a, cup of coffee rn get-the taste
off nay moath,•but:tionld nit. '-tlt-tasted hot. It had not
the same tas e before. I felt it ticklishly hot—not the
same as if I drat k anything hot,. or with .cayane pepper
or, spice, it was a different: sensation. Took neaily'a
quartof c ffee to take off the taste. Felt very sick after
that, and threw off my stomach. kty daug*/ ter, saw me
vomiting afar r. Teat day I sant for InspeCtor Duggan
about-a ditl>rent matter. My stomach turned four times.
Inspector Duggan took awl some of the contents. He
also took the medicine bottle away a'so, but I objected to
it, as I said there was nOtbirg wrong in it, at I
did not want Mr. Games' name brought -up in it. Soon
after Duggan took the bottle awry with him,
Dr. Games and Dr. •Brown came- and gave me
.some
medicine that they told no would torn my stomach, and
It did so. I know Mrs.- Ladson, bf•Bi;hmond-row, to-my
sorrow; only for her I should ever have had an angry
word with my husband. The day after we were mar led
she quarrelled with me about •my husband. She uel to
cOme into the' ons' and strike me in his presence; and she
cut me with a stone in the head in his presence one time.
Priso aer : Nothing of the kind.
Witness : Your Worship fined her for eoing ro I fol-
lowed them several times, and she frequently threatened
me.

Cross-examined by Mr. Geodere : I believe, on my
oath, my hugband would noi•wison me, and that it he put
•anythirg in.the:battle, be did 'not know the nature of it.
Ilk sight is very bad. He could see a fly in a basin' of
milk. Had no conversation with. the girl (my dauikter)
what she was to say here.. Never said 't I did not care for
old blind Simon (my husband), but far his mow y."
To Mr. Man fidd : I do nt.t• know that there ev r was
any arsenic about the place, far horse or other medicine.
There. were many tricks played oa my husbaad,• because
of-his defective sight.
Frances -Shannint, a girl 12 years old, daughter of the
witness, was called, when Mr. Clough asked her, were
you in your fitter and,mother's bed room on Sunday ?
She replien,rcsolutely—l. w ill swear nothing against him.
Mr Clough.: Since this girl :made her fir,t statement
t ► one of our officers, she has resolutely refund to say any-
thing. Did you tell an officer auythigg about this case?
I. will tell you nothing, Sir. ~Do you g.' to church? Yes.
And say your prayero,? Yes, every morning and night.
Do you kr.o what:would' become of bad •childrin ? Yes,
very Well. Then you knew where children who tell In-
tuits go to? Yes. Then ycu know you are bound bY
Our oath to tell the truth in tit's cas ? -I know lam
bound t,a tell the truth ; but I la. you I will not say a word
against him,' f,:r he is as g ad to me as my own father,
and .I will not say a. wotd against him, no matter what you
do to me. _ _ _

Mr, Clough said it was deli. the girl hal been tar-
per,,d with.
Inspec.,:or Duggan s.,id she ha,d pot. He took her to his
1.17 us and did' not lose sight of her
She told Lim then that she would tell Ire truth
and,not.hing else. She,Oen said elle saw the p i oner put
same white po-ivder iniothe medicine bottle, out of a paper
that he took from under his arni.
11r. Mairfi ,Id 'asked the girl 'if she had toll the officer
the truth, and shy replied She had. •
Mr. Goodeic : Was it it story or the truth you told
him ? The truth. lii fufther reply to Mr. Goodele, she
.I::yisA 'her 'fa her n,t' to go near her mother as sbe-,was
re,-y c es,., bat I-will not say a word more if you were to
hang me !
Mr. Garrett. _chi, f clerk : 'What day did yen say she
%vas "very cross ? On Monday,
surgeon Brown cximir,c : I was called, between three.
nl fur c'el,.ck on INlond,yrby AI-. Gaines to see a women
in Cheatiside. He handed me a bottle he got from
IT sprctoi Duggan, containing ahont an ounce and a-halt
of liquid: • I went to.c x mine the woman, w d, found Ip..r
snftoing from violent ‘ornittinv, and I was led to beliete
she was suffering froin srscnic poisoning. • Examined the
Medicine, •and presciined an 'antidote.- Examined
the bottle, and found about forty grains (,f arsenic. The
quantity t) take life would depcnd on the state cf the

Cro,.s-examined by Mr. Goodere, but nothing particular
was elicited.

Riioner: I ney'er knew she' to6k any me liciimb only
four p nnywOrth of ca -:iver oil, ai.d that is all I know
about it.

Surgs,on Games exr.m'p.d : I watt called on by Inspector
Du;:tron, Who bionght a bo'lle. and told me he suspected it
contait:eit,tornething.'wrong. T went and saw the woman,
and found that her stomach had to nod. She appeared to
be stifie ing from some corrosive poison, and I gave her an
emetic; an e tiled 'in- Dr. Brnwn. The in;peetor took
awav the e intZ'itte. 13,r•V a au). out of which she to-)k the
inetheines,-and found a moist po sder *in it. Dr. Brown
has that cup.

• To Mr. Goo,3ore : Tt was one of my boys that gave the
mOdivi e ft- st.
David R .b3rts, a•t apprentice t) Dr 'G
Ltncs, examined
The woman. c ,nsulte 1 me, and 1 considered she was
labouring under indig,;sion. I prescrib done drachm of
carbonate of so.* two of tincture of henbane, four ounces
infusion of I hub irb, Sri i four daps of hydrocyanic• amid.
put it into a bottle, and gave it to lien That is all I know
atout• it.

To Mr. Good Ere z 1 dirt not put it in A book, for that is
the usual mixture for adults. I wohld not give an old
. -
man of eighty the same Tian'tty as a /flan of twenty.
Mr. Goodere asked the WiliMatt Vigt quaations, and E4La

said she had taken herbs—dandelion and camomile—but
not from a doeta,"and often felt tick. kty husband threw
them' out last. Bad them fresh every week.
Dr.. Brown, inzeply to Mr. Goodere, said ,henbane was a
vegetable poison. He would have given the woman the
same dose as mentioned.

Detective,officer Carlyle said:, I assisted InspeCtor Dog.
gan in.this case, and arrested the prisoner at his .stables,
22, Cheapside Duggan told him the charge at the police
office, and he said be was an innocent man. Be said why
did you not go round the drug shops and find out whew I
bought the arsenic, and make a clean job of me at once .)
I wish I had drowned myself in the George's Dock before
I bad married her, or that I had brske my legs. My first
wife was a good one, but she is a bad•one.
Prisoner: So she is

Witnesl: You may try England, Ireland, and Sot-
land, and you will not find where I bought irsenie—
or any place that ever I bought it ; nor can any one ideal ify
me for He said he would not care if he were trans-
ported for twenty years, as he would rather be away from
his wife than be with her.

Prisoner : So would, as lam as innocent as the child
upb3rn.

' Mr. Goodere would not obje2t to a remand, bit hr. con-
tended that a judge would direiit'a'grand jury to'find no
bill.

Mr. Mansfield : I have not ma',e up my mini to commit
him yet.
The wife begged he might be tried at once, as she
wanted him to be trek to his business.

Prisoner Why, you might as well put a rope round my
my neck and hang me at once.
Mr. Mansfield :.IA him be remanded for seven gays.
He was then remanded.

P. PAUL'S CHURCH.

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