The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-29 00:00:00

The Indictment against Dr. Pritchard.

The following is a copy of the indictment which
has been served against Dr. Pritchard, from which
it will be seen that he is charged with having com-
mitted the crime of murder by administering " tar-
tarised antimony, and aconite, and opium," to his
mother-in-law " in tapioca, and in porter or beer,
and in a medicine called Battley's Sedative Solu-
tion ;' " and also by administering " tartarised
antimony and aconite" to his wife, "in egg-flip,
and in cheese, and in porter or beer, and in wine :"
" Edward William Pritchard, now or lately a doctor of
medicine, and now or lately prisoner in the prison of Glas-
gow, you aro indicted and accused at the instance of Mr.
James Moncreiff, her Majesty's advocate for her Majesty's
interest :—That, albeit, by the laws of this and of every
other well-governed realm, murder is a crime of an heinous
nature, and severely punishable; yet truo it is, and of
verity, that you, the said Edward William Pritchard, are
guilty of the said crime, actor, or art and part : In so
far as,

" (1.) On one or more occasions between the 10th and
25th days of February, 1865, both inclusive, the par-
ticular occasions or occasion befng to the prosecutor
unknown, within or near the dwelling-house, in or near
Clarence-place, Sauchiehall-street, Glasgow, then occupied
by you, the said Edward William Pritchard, you did wick-
edly and feloniously administer to, or cause to be taken by,
Jane Cowan or Taylor, now deceased, wife of Michael
Taylor, now or lately silk and lace merchant, then residing
in or near Lauder-road, in or near Grange, Edinburgh, and
now or lately residing with Ann Taylor or Cowan, in or
near High-street, Musselburgh, in the shire of Edinburgh,
in tapioca, and in porter or beer, and in a medicine called
Battley's Sedative Solution, or one or more of them, or in
some medicine to the prosecutor unknown, or in some article
or articles of food or drink to the prosecutor unknown, or
in some other manner to the prosecutor unknown, tartarised
antimony, and aconite, and opium, or one or more of them,
or some other poison or poisons to the prosecutor unknown ;
and the said Jane Cowan or Taylor having taken the said
tartarised antimony and aconite and opium, or one or more
of them, or other poison or poisons, so by you administered
or caused to be taken, did in consequence thereof die on or
about the 25th day of February, 1865, and was thus mur-
dered by you, the said Edward William Pritchard. Likeas,
" (2.) On.repeated occasions, or on ono or more occasions
between the 22d day of December, 1864, and the 18th day
of March, 1865, inclusive, and in particular on the Bth, 9th,
and 25th days of February, 1865, and on the 13th, 14th,
15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th days of March, 1865, the parti-
cular occasion or occasions being otherwise to the prosecu-
tor unknown, within the said dwelling-house in or no ar
Clarence-place, Sauchiehall-street, Glasgow, then occupied
by you, the said Edward William Pritchard, you did
wickedly and feloniously administer to, or cause to be taken
by Mary Jane Taylor or Pritchard, now deceased, your
wife, and then residing with you, in egg-flip, and in cheese,
and in porter or beer and in wine, or one or more of
them, or in some medicine to the prosecutor unknown, or
in some other articles or article of food or drink to the
prosecutor unknown, or in some other manner to the
prosecutor unknown, tartarised antimony and aconite,
or one or other of them, or some other poison or poisons
to the prosecutor unknown; and the said Mary Jane Taylor
or Pritchard having taken the said tartarised antimony
and aconite, or one or other of them, or other poison or
poisons so by you administered or caused to be taken, did
in consequence thereof die, on or about the 18th day of
March, 1865, and was thus murdered by the said Edward
William Pritchard."

The remainder of the indictment contains the usual for-
mal language as to the declarations emitted before the
sheriff, productions, &c., and the citation of the prisoner for
trial at Edinburgh on Monday, July 3. The list of jurors
cited and the list of witnesses are also appended to the
document.