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he had another wife, named Hannah, a-,4•ilii ti+l hi
March, 1801, under circumstances which have an
important bearing on the facts of the present case.
Hannah Garner was taken ill a few days before
her death, the symptoms being similar to those of
Jemima Garner, and of the person who partook of
the food prepared for her—symptoms of arsenical
poisoning. When Hannah Garner's body was ex-
' burned aiseui3 was found in her stomach, inteAines,
&c., in sufficient quantities to account for death.
1 After the death of Hsnnah,Jemima Garner left the
Bede-houses at Revesby, where she had been re-
siding', and came to live with her son. For a eon.
I siderable time the household was an unhappy w.e.
On one occasion the old lady had a slight (petrel
with Whittaker; subsequently both Garner and
Whittaker became more violent in their conduct ;
and at length, in September, 18(11, Garner kicked
his mother out of the house, and told her to go to
the union. About the same time, too, Whittaker
was in the habit of using very violent and improper
language to the old lady. This treatment continued
for some time, and at length the mother, who still
remained at her son's house, was dri veal to apply to
the relieving officer for relief. During the last few
, months of her life she was treated most unkindly
1 by both the prisoners. Garner farmed a little land,
kept a grocer's shop, in which he sold arsenic, end
also had a " jerry,," in which liquor was bold.
Among other things he dealt, in milk, and it ap-
pears that Whittaker was accustomed to give some
every day to a woman named Shepherd, who was at
the time living at the "jerry." This milk was
given to a woman named Forman, who was living
with Ann Shepherd. One day, nearly a month
before the death of ,T( mima Garner, Forman made
a pudding of it, and after partaking of it 8,1 Shep-
herd's family were seized with the symptoms of
arsenical poisoning. The next day Forman gave the
milk supplied to her by Whittaker to a neighbour
named Munn, who also made a pudding with it,
and all her family, too, were seized with similar
symptoms. On the day following Forman again
went for some milk, and Whittaker pointed out to
her the puncheon from which she was to take it.
At this moment Whittaker had to leave to wait upon
a customer in the shop, and while her back was
turned, Forman, whose suspicions were aroused,
emptied the milk out of the other puncheon, took it
home, made a pudding, and none of the family were
seized with ill effects after partaking of it. The
milk which Forman left, however, was made into a
pudding by Whittaker. A man named Wildon, and
his son, and a woman named Lightfoot, who were
working at Garner's, each ate a portion of the pud.
ding, and they were all afterwards taken sick and ill.
About this time Jemima Garner was taken ill, and a
man named Lightfoot while in the shop heard Whit-
taker ask Garner if any one was to go to fetch a doc-
tor for " granny" (meaning Jemima Garner), as she
was determined to have one. Garner replied that he
would have no doctor fetched • upon which Whit-
taker remarked, " Well, you know what has been
said about your wife." In the last week of Jemima
Garner's life a violent quarrel took place between
her and Whittaker, and the latter was heard to say,
by Susan Jenkinson, "I am the mistress of this house,
and won't be controlled—you may go into the
union." Whittaker then called Jemima Garner an
old --, and told her that she wished her mouth
was full of mould. On the Saturday before her death
the old lady called the attention of Ann Shepherd to
the state of a bottle from which she was in the
habit of taking laudanum ; there was a deposit at
the bottom which the woman described as being
like wet mortar. On the same day Susan Jenkin-
son saw the old lady, who was very ill, with all the
symptoms of arsenical poisoning—sick and in vio-
lent pain, and covered with a cold perspiration. On
the 18th of December Mrs. Wetherhog, the grand-
daughter, saw the old lady, who was still suffering,
as did also Susan Whittaker, the mother of the
female prisoner. While Mrs. Whittaker was at the
house she attended upon Jemima Garner, who told
her she should like some gin. Mrs. Whittaker
consequently went to Garner, and asked him for
some. He went into the shop, and came back with
some colourless liquid, which he gave to her, re-
marking, " Tell her it's a good threepennyworth,
and she musn't drink it all." The old lady drank
the7liquid, and soon afterwards went into the room
where Mrs. Whittaker and the two prisoners were
sitting, and asked where John got the gin. The
female prisoner remarked, "Lor, you needn't be so
particular; it was spirits of wine." John Garner
then swore at her for saying so, and said, " You'd
hang me if you could." The same day Dr. George
called to see Jemima Garner, and having no ides'
that she was poisoned, he supplied her with medi-
cine calculated to relieve purging, On the day of
her death Susan Jenkinson, who was waiting upon
her. asked John Garner to let
hie
mother have a
little brandy. He, however, refused to let her have
any, and afterwards went upstairs, when the old
lady asked him to let her have a little, as she
thought it would relieve her pain and allay her sick-
ness. Upon this he said to her, "It strikes me you
are drunk now." The mother said, " No, my boy,
I'm not drunk, but dying." Her son then answerad, ;
" You've tortured me these 40 years about dying
it's your -- Wesleyanism which makes you.
afraid." The old lady then said, " No, by boy,.
i I'm not afraid ;" and her son left the room, remark-
ing that she might die and be --. Three hours
afterwards Whittaker entered the room, and Jemima.
Garner told her she thought she could sup a little
arrow root. Whittaker , however replied, that she
would not make her any; remarking, " There's
been too much said about the death of master's first
wife, and he won't let me make any." Jenkinson
and Whittaker then went downstairs, and the
former told Garner what his mother wanted. He
looked at Whittaker and said, " You must make her
some ;" but she replied, "No, I'll fetch the arrow-
root, and you may make it." She then went into
the shop for the arrowroot drawer. Garner put.
some arrowroot into a basin, and Whittaker put the,
water in and mixed it, Garner remarking, " It's:
like cooking for pigs ; please God it may-
be the last she'll eat," When the arrowroot
was made Jenkinson took it up to Semima.
Garner, who was sick after eating it. The
old lady continued violently ill, complainir4g
of excessive thirst. About two hours before lir.!r
death Jenkinson sent Whittaker several tinier, to
ask Garner to come and see his mother. WhittrAker
came back to say that Garner would not cola e, as
he could do her no good; but on being sent vxith a
more earnest message, to the effect that if he wished
to see his mother alive he must come at once, Whit-
taker delivered from him his message—" She may
die and be —, I want to go and weigh and some
coals." A few minutes before the old lady died,
Jenkinson asked Whittaker to go and sit with her,
but she replied " I will not come; I dare not." Mrs.
Jenkinson then fetched in her daughter-in-law, and
these two were alone with Mrs. Garner when she
died. The day after the death of Hannah Garner
the female prisoner said to the girl Jenkinson, " I'm
glad missus is dead, and I'll soon be 'shot of old
granny." In the course of the follow;,ng summer
Whittaker left Garner's and went hoirte ; she again.
began to keep company with 9. you/Vg man named
Fox, who had formerly courted her, a nd they agreed
to be married. To this man Whittaker used lan-
guage which implied that the dea'ch of Garner's first
wife was known only to herself and Garner. After
that Whittaker turned Fox over and married Gar-
ner in the course.of last winter. In consequence of
certain suspicious circumstances which arose, it was:
determined to exhume the body of Jemima Gamer,
which was done, and the viscera was forwarded to
Professor Taylor for analysis. In the meantime
Garner and his present wife were apprehended, and
the arsenic found in the shop was taken possession
of by Sergeant Thorsby, who weighed each pack-
age, and found two of them deficient in. weight.
The above facts were fully sworn. to by a vast
number of witnesses, the examknation of whom,
lasted the greater part of the &ivy.
The case has not yet conele,ed.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—STAFFORD, March 17.
(Before Mr. Baron Channel].)
THE ALLEGED MURDER OF THREE MEN
John jeavons, charged with the murder of.. three
cs near Bilston, was again brought up. The
tallier the prosecution had closed on thefeprrf:tch
nigh, and
Mr. Kenealy now addressed the jury: ee d
dine g_
fence, contending that the evidence which had been
cient to establish either
tand
adtu ce
thed rwo
pa
es
hwa lid o
bl leye
oi nos
till
tfR,
or if the contrary wer&
true, that the act had been committed by the pri-
soner.
His lordship summed
up a
and the jury, after a
short d eticiboeursaidtieorna,brleetulennydhi:
verdict of Not Guilty.

TRH FUNDS OF 'THE LATE INTERN.XTIONAL
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best to avoid a derdciency and a call upon theguarantors
by
cutting down. the claims of some of tlr,:ir CT editors. The
as
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emaPl,issioners only paid Sir IV,ochard Mayne
£12,000,
ttereby saving more than 112,e.00, and throwing the rest
of the charge upon the metropolis and the country.

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