The National Register.
London, England, 1820-08-21 00:00:00

CORNWALL ASSIZES, Aug. 10.

MURDER.—SarahWean, aged 37, was arraigned on
an indictment charging her with having ad • •stered
arsenic to her husband, Henry Polgremi, Oil the 16Lli July
last, of which he died on the 18th. The prisoner heard
the indictment, and pleaded Nut Guilty with a consider-
able degree ur tionlidenee„
. . _ _

Elizabeth Martin knew the prisoner and the deceased
for the last six years. Heard her say she would be d—d
if she would not poison the d—d villain. She struck her
hand on the table its she spoke; this wits in her own house.
On the 9th or July last, the prisoner, the deceased, and a
man named James Tremartlien, wets at wittiess'n horse.
The deceased went out, and refused to return, and she
said she should newer be rid of the jealous old fellow until
she had given him a pennyworth of poison. The deceased
was buried on the 20th of last month. On the 21st, wit-
ness said to the poisoner, she supposed she would be
married again ; she replied if she did marry it should be
fur love, for that she had nut loved the deceased more
than she loved a dog.....Tise prisoner here became so much
affected that she could not stand, and a chair was ordered
for her. As the trial proceeded, she fainted 1 times,
and was obliged to be supported.
James Tretuarthen knows the prisoner. Saw her about
two months before the death of her husband. Site wan
standing near her own door. She said she wished her
husband was dead, and then she should be married again
n three weeks.

Richard Moyle, jan. is a mimeos), and lives at Pt!1111111CP.
He was at Crawls's, in the parish of Lnilgvan, oa the lsth
of last month,and stopped at a smith's shop. The deceased
came to him, and complained of a giddiness in his head
and pain in his stomach. Witness went to his house and
Riled Ilse deceased. The prisoner was present. Witness
desired that if the deceased was not better he might hear
from him nest morning. Prisoner said she had a dose of
medicine in the house, and asked if she should give it
Witness understood her to illVall a dose of opening medi-
cine, and said she might. He did not hear from the
deceased next morning, and never saw him after alive.
Witness is in partnership with his father, who resides at
Nlarazion. Penzance is between two and three miles
from Crowlas f Maraxion is nearer. On the 31st of lasi
month the body of the deceased was Jimmies red. Wit-
ness opened the body, and tooK out the stomach, which
he secured, and carried home. The stomach and its con-
tents were examined by witness and his lather. The coat
of the stomach was inflamed, and in the state that might
be expected tithe deceased had taken vii Went poison. On
the inner coat lie found souse small white particles, which
he collected and subjected to a test, by mixing them with
lamp-black in a glass tube, closed at one end. 'l' he arsenic
was deposited in a chrystalline state in the tube after the
exprri 00000000 He has no doubt it was Arsenic ; and lie
also found arsenic in the liquid contents of the stomach,
on which lie wade inure than ten experiments, from all of
which lie found a precipitate of arsenic. He has nu doubt
the death of the deceased was occasioned by his taking
arsenic into his stomach. He did not believe the deceased
had taken what was found in his stomach when witness
saw I on the 15111 of last month t as, if he had, he would
be worse than lie was.

Julio Harvey is a druggist, and resides with his mother
at Penzance; he recollects selling one or two pennyworth
of arsenic to the prisoner, who came to Ids shop in com-
pany with Mr. Temkin.
Just. linnet lives at Crowlas. Saw the prisoner on the
30th of July last, and asked how she could do whet she
had dune. She dill nut answer for a short time, and then
said she had dune no harm to her husband. Witness
asked if she had bought the poison. She said yes—but
who can testify that I gave it hint.' The day alter the
body was taken up, witness was with the pi isoner, who
appealed to be in peat distress, and cried out, "Tonkin,
Tonkin, what bast thou done with me new 11 lam
hanged, and can come again, I will tear thee to pieces.'
Pearce Rogers is coroner fist the county. Searched
the prisoner's house with the Jury who sat on the body,
but could find no rat-holes, nor the appearance of any.
The Judge recapitulated the evidence with great pre.
cision t and the Jury without hesitation pronounced a
verdict of Guilty. His Loidship then proceeded to pass
the awful sentence of the law, and ordered the prisoner to
be executed on Saturday morning, and her body to be
given fur dissection.
The wretched prisoner was so greatly overwhelmed by
her (heedful fate, that she was obliged to be supported
during the time sentence was passing, and war. brought
back to prison ill a state of insensibility.