The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-08-15 00:00:00

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CORNWALL ASSltilt Aboorr 10.
NeRDEn. .
:Urn& l'ularene, aged SI, witearraigard on an indictment
chart/ink. h.., wish having adui oistered arsenic to her has.
bead, Henry PoPiftelia, on the 15th of July last, at which
he. died on she 15th. The Prisoner heard the indietwomit,
and plesdrd Not Grille; with a considerable degree of cow
Silence.
Mr. (: . opened the ease.
Mr. WlLL:ewe was isuliiie.l to undertake- the defence is
-Court, not having been applied to before.
Elia 'bells Martin knew the Prisoner and the deemed
Apr the leo six years. Hrar.l her say she wuuld he d--d
if she would net poison the d---ti villain. the struck
her hand on the table as sty spoke; this was it hee:se•hi
looser. On the 91h of July last the Prisoner, she diViriallie:
mod a min named-Jrusis Tremartben, were at whittled
house. The di'crand went one, awl refereed' to rehires.
and she said she shaved M Lt rid or the jealous old
fellow until she had given him a pennyworth of poison. 'Tbs.
dismiaeed was buried oil the 20th of I sit untruth. On the 2144
witness aid so she Prisoner she suppadied she would be mar-
ried again ; she replied, if she did marry it should be fur love,
fur that she had not loved Ike deceased woke than she loved
a dog. 'The Prisoaer here became au witch affected that she
could not staled, and a chair was ordered fa her. As the
trial proceeded abe fainted several limes, and was obliged to
be supported.
James Treenarthen knows the Primmer; saw her about
two months before the death of her husband • else was stand-
leg near her own door; she wild she whiled her husband
was dead, and then she should be married agate in three
weeks. Wieness asked who she world marry; she replied,
Thomas Sampson. Witness said it would be a short court-
ship. At this lime the el d was shoat 15 yards from
them. On the 9th of July'. ast, tritons was in company with
the deceased and the Prisoner at the house of Sarah Marlin.
The deceased wished the Pi Wiser to go home, awl left the
bowie. The Prisoner swore he was • jeslows-bearsed
and wished he was dead ; but said there was no way of set •
ling him going hut by giving him a penny worth of rims.
Sbe was in a great rage when she said this.
Rd. Moyle, Jun is a emigrate, and Nees at Pressure. He
was at Cruwlas, in the parish of Ledges, on the 15th of last
month, and stopped at a smith's shop. The deceased came
to him and complained of a giodinewi in his head and a pain
in his stomach. Witness went to his house sad bled the de-
ceased. The Prisoner was present. Witness desired that if the
deceased was not "Ater he might hear from him next morn-
ing. Priewsei said she had a dose of tnedichie in the haute,
and asked if she should give it him. Witness understood her
to mesa • flow of op g medicine, and said she might. He
did set bear from the deceased neat mortilse, •iid u.ver saw
him lifter alive. Widens i• in partnership with his father,
who resides at 31niazion. P. uzance is between two and three
▪ miles from Cruwlas; Marsitiou is nearer. On the 3lit of
last month, she body of the deceased was disinterred. Wit-
ness u)esed she body and took out the Manacle, which he
Gerund pod carried house. The stomach and the cositeas
were examined by witness and his father. The colt of
she stomach was inflamed, and in the state that might be
expected if the deceased had taken virulent poison. On
the Inner coat he found some small while particles, which
be collected and subjected to a test, by mixing them with
lampblack is a glass tube, closed as one etsd. The arsenic
dermited its a crystalline state he she tube after the
elperisieft. He has no doubt it was arseuic; and Ise also
/beta amide lb she litgaid tooteuts of the stomach, on which
hi Isar Mori than lea experiment., from all of which be
feelsid pretipitat low aseseitie. He eas so doubt the death
' deceased was eitimsioned by his halite arsenic tato his
seesmoeh. Ile did not believe the deceased had takes what
was food in his staunch when witness saw him on the 15th
oiled esonth; as, if he had, he would have hear worse Owe
be then was.
John Harvey is a druggist, sod resides with his mother at
' Penzance; he recollects selling one or Iwo rosy worth of
arsenic to the Prisoner, who came to his shop is company
Mr. Mika.
Joan Minuet lives at Crovilas. Saw the Primmer oa the
30th of July last, and asked how she could Jo what she hod
done; she did nut answer fur a short time, and thee said she
had dune no harm to bre husband. White's asked if she had
bought the poison; she said" Yes • bet who eau testify that
I gave it him?" Witness asked :hat she had dune with it,
sod the Primmer replied, "There wow!" Witness said,-
she as Ter heard the halve was infested with rate. The
Prisoner answered she Ind heard rats for two sights, There.
day sad Friday nights, sad went to Penzance and bought
the poise. we Saturday. She brought it house and mixed
part of it in dough, sad pot it is the pantry, asst lucked the
dam; the rest she left tris the dresser; bet whether her has-
bead took any of it she could nut tell—he might lake it is
his tea fur sugar, as he was fond of sugar. Wituess asked if
-she had pet any of the poison in the pasty, sad the Prisoner
said she bad nut; that he had 6th and butter fur dosser on
the Salurday (the 1601), and she said to her husbaud—" you
ma poorly, eat a let of better."--She said' she world nut 40
such a thing (as poison her husband) for a Iseult of money;
if she could not have agreed with her husband, she would
have parted. The day after the body was taken lip, wham
*as wish the Priewser, who appeared to be in great diabase
and cried oet—" Tokkii.! Tuukio! what hat thou diem
with use now! If lam banged and can come again, will
tear thee trp pieces
Pearce Rogers is a Coroner for the coanty.—Searebed lid
Prisoner's house, with the Jury who oat we the body, 54
could led uo rat holes, ea the appearance of any.
Mary Pulgreau is maim of the deceased, who was 4110
years of age. MC saw her sou on the Friday before he dieek
when be d.d not complain of Mums. Was with him eig
the Sunday following utter he complained of a buralog
heat inside, and continued to drink cold water, Nothing
Meld la his stomach. He continued to get worse on Mon-
day and died on Tuesday.
Ths Jouda recapieulated the evidence with great preci-
sion and the Jury without hesitation proospeaced • verdict
Of Guilty.
His Lordship then proceeded to pass the awful sentence
of the law, and ordered the Prisoner to be executed es Se.
terday isioraiseg, and her body to be given for dissection.
The wretched Prisoner was at, greatly overwhelmed by
ber dreadful fate, that she was obliged to be supported dor-
ies( the time seutencie was passing, soil was carried heck to
prima is a stile of insensibility. The Rev. Mr. Papaw has
hews "'ormolu log iu bin attest km to ber Ascetic, cattlemen..
Accounts have that received from Batavia by the
America* ship (.'scuds, down too the 15th of April.
. The 'aloud wow in a state of irsioquilltoy. Colonial
produce had risen too high price, coffee being above
20 Spanish dollars the picot. The musket wisp
amply stocked with European goods, and too sup-
plies would be required fur souse time.
Serious. alarms are begioning to be entertained for
the fide of Lieutenant I'auay end the other ntliren.
!well towards the No elm rule. It IS almost certain .
that they cannot boss oli.cotered and mode good a
passage through any of the Straits, sails°, we should
have heard tiditigs of then before loon from'ehins.
The supposition is, that the vessels took slither ie
11041111 Cave out of the reach of drifting ice, and that,
• out the opt g of the sea again, they have per-
severed to their search out of the line of the whale
fie: wry; otherwise some of the ships that are tr-
immed would have brought trs accouuts of them.
' On Mood ley, at Ilusiley. sorer fluddersfield, a.
yothog min of the *:sure of Tnitamit, whole ft a
stale of intoxication. challenged a nom of the 'lame
oof Summit to fight lihn, and upon the refusal of Ott
latter. TUISSEN, khockrd him dowse. and kicked
him so violently oil the temples us to occasion his
' almost iustiotoottious death. AO inquest Was held
nil •Wetfletbdmi' user the body, awl is verdict of
Wilpitakerder rilarited pgsiosit Tutiutn, who is
romMitied Id Yitrk Cali to titkelibi'lrlial fur the
ofeiike. • • • •