The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-21 00:00:00

PETITIONS.

Alderman ABBISS presented a petition from the
Committee of the Sea-side Convalescent Hospital at
Seaford, near Newhaven, asking for a grant of
money.
A motion was made that the petition should be
referred to the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee ;
but it was negatived, on the ground that the insti-
tution was only established in the year 1860, and
that there had not been sufficient time to judge of
its usefulness or its claims upon the Corporation of
London for assistance.

The next business before the Court was a report
of the Improvement Committee, brought up by the
chairman, Deputy Fry, upon the subject of widen-
ing and improving Lower Thames-street; but as the
Court had already been sitting for a very long time,
and the debate upon the subject was likely to be a
protracted one, it was arranged that the matter
should be postponed, and the Court shortly after-
wards adjourned.

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THE SUSPECTED POISONING CASE IN

WIL7SHLRE.

I HINDON, THURSDAY.
The magisterial inquiry into the circumstances
under which Mrs. Trowbridge was taken into cus-
tody, charged with the murder of Mrs. Kiddie, by
the administration of poison, was continued last
night up to a very late hour. At the conclusion of
the evidence of Dr. Herapath, already reported,
Inspector Dunn, of the Wiltshire County Con-
stabulary, was called, and said that on the 11th of
November he took from Mrs. Kiddie's room four
pieces of paper, one from the bedroom, one from the
occasional bedroom, one from the kitchen, and one
from the parlour. He labelled them, and they were
sent to Dr. Herapath.
Police-sergeant Beaumont deposed that he got
two parcels (produced) containing bottles, from the
back room of the prisoner's house. They were
labelled "Poison," and Dr. Shettle sealed them in
the presence of witness.

In cross-examination witness said the bottles
were not hidden away.
The bottles were opened by direction of the Bench.
One was labelled "Laudanum," and the other was
labelled "Zinc."

Elizabeth Batty deposed that her husband was a
glover living at Milborne Port. The deceased was
her sister. Witness had been staying a month at
Ludwell. When she went there her sister was
alone, excepting her husband. The prisoner was the
first person who came, and it was in the evening of
the day witness got there. The deceased sent for
the prisoner more than once. She (the prisoner)
was in attendance the last few days before Mrs.
Kiddie's death. Mrs. Jones prepared the beef-tea.
Deceased took a little barley and a very little
piece of calvesfoot. She had two puddings. Miss
Lush made one, and Mrs. Trowbridge made the
other. Neither of the puddings were made in
the house. Witness did not particularly notice
whether deceased was sick every time after taking
food. Deceased sometimes preferred brandy and
water. She was not sick after partaking of the pud-
ding sent by Miss Lush. Witness gave it to her,
but not all of it. It lasted two or three days. The
one Mrs. Trowbridge sent was also partly eaten by
deceased, who could not keep it down. She said
she did not like it. Witness thought it was egg
pudding, and ate part of it herself. It made her ill
and gave a burning feeling in the throat, but did
not make her sick. She asked Mrs. Trowbridge to
give her something. She was ill nearly a week.
Mrs. Trowbridge gave her (witness) something
which drove the burning further down, and she
(prisoner) said it was cream of tartar, ginger, and
salt. The afternoon Mrs. Trowbridge came witness
took up the tea and the calvesfoot, and left it. The
cooking was done by her (witness), but she was not
in the room when deceased ate the food. She went
up afterwards, and Mrs. Kiddie complained of sick-
ness, and said she thought it was the calvesfoot she
had eaten. The residue of the calvesfoot was thrown
away. She (witness) never ate any of the calvesfoot.
She thought a week elapsed between the time when
deceased ate the pudding made by Mrs. Trowbridge
and her (witness) eating the remainder of which she
spoke.
Cross-examined by Mr. Chitty Witness had
known Mrs. Trowbridge some time, who had been
very friendly with the deceased. They generally
attended the Tabernacle together. Mr. Kiddie, the
husband of deceased, had great confidence in the
prisoner, and frequently visited her. The prisoner
paid deceased very great attention, and appeared
most anxious for her recovery, and did everything
for her up to the last. She was in the room when
deceased died, and closed her eyes. The pudding
which made deceased sick came from the prisoner's
house, but witness did not know who made it,
or who brought it. The prisoner was not pre-
sent when deceased partook of the pudding. The
prisoner generally came to Mrs. Kiddie before or
after school hours. Deceased only took two or
three mouthsful of the pudding, and said imme-
diately, " Elizabeth, I cannot eat any more of
this." In a minute or two the pudding was
rejected. She (witness) ate half of it a minute or
two after, but did not feel very sick until after tea.
Witness did not go to any doctor, nor did she throw
the pudding off her stomach. The remainder of the
pudding was given to a little boy, who did not com-
plain. The medicine she received from Mrs. Trow-
bridge relieved the sickness. She assisted Mrs.
Trowbridge in making the jelly, and took it up to
deceased, who said it was too rich. Mrs. Trowbridge
carried a portion of it away home, the remainder
was kept for some time and then thrown away as
not being fit for use, having been kept too long. The
deceased was nearly always sick before Mrs. Trow-
bridge attended her. The milk ordered by Dr.
Shettle did not make her sick.
John Kiddie, the husband of the deceased, said
that his wife's sickness commenced about 3 months
before her death. It came on first generally at
meals., A cup of tea would bring it on. After that
she went to Mrs. Trowbridge's house, she being ill.
She went almost every day. Within a week after
her going to Mrs. Trowbridge's the sickness re-
turned. She (Mrs. Trowbridge) was not able, for
a few days after witness's wife returned, to come
to the house. While she was there deceased was
very ill, and suffered much from sickness. Prisoner
continued visiting deceased, and on the Friday Dr.
Shettle said she was better. On the Saturday wit-
ness went to Shaftesbury market, and on returning
he went upstairs, and found his wife sitting in a
chair. Mrs. Trowbridge was present, and deceased
said she thought she was better, having taken a
little caivesfoot for tea. The same night and the
following day deceased was worse, which was
caused by the return of the sickness. About a week
after Mrs. Batty came the prisoner said to witness,
" Don't you eat anything after your wife, as Dr.
Shettle says that she is suffering from an ulcerated
cancer in the stomach." No one else was present on
that occasion. The deceased got gradually worse.
Mrs. Trowbridge was in constant attendance, and
deceased was
particularly fond of her. She was
sometimes sick when prisoner did not come to see
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