The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-14 00:00:00

healthy, although it was stated by Dr. Bamford that
there was a slight congestion of it. The stomach and
intestines were also perfectly healthy, and at
this part of the examination Palmer turned round
round to Dr. Bamford and said, " They wilt not ban
us yet." Other portions of the intestines were placed
in a jar, and it was removed by some party from its
place, but on inquiring for it Palmer said I have it, and
en it being returned two slits were found cut in the
cover. When it was decided to take the jar away,
Palmer said to Dr. Bamford I don't think we ought to
let them take thab jar away as we don't know what they
might put in it. He thought that as the prisoner was
not an ignorant man such an exclamation was mighty
suspicious. The prisoner was exceedingly anxious that
the jar should not leave Rugeley, and when he disco-
vered that a fly was engaged to convey the medical men
to Stafford, he told the post boy they had no right to
take the jar away. Palmer then said to the post boy,
" don't you think you could upset the carriage and
break the jar." The man instantly refused to
to do anything calculated to effect such an objeet.
Palmer tried to persuade him to cause an accident to
the conveyance, stating that he would " make it all
right with him," but the man refused, and that man
he proposed to call before the jury. The post mortena
examination took place in London, and the prisoner
was extremely anxious to learn the result of the ease
rnination ; and with respect to the circumstances con-
nected with the conduct of the postmaster. The
prisoner shortly after the death of Cook was very
flush of money, and it would be for the
jury to say whether a man in tie straitened circum-
stances that Palmer was, with the threat of writs stars;
him in the face, whether such would be a motive for the
death of Cook. They (the jury) would be told that no
strychnine would be found in the body, but it would be
for the jury to decide that point. He had explained
the effect of a small quantity of strychnine upon the
human frame ; they would also have the tests
which had been applied for the discovery of
this poison laid before them, which would show
that when the same quantity of poison was administered
to animals those animals had expired with the same
effect as that produced on the human being. It would
be lamentable for it to go forth.that poisoning by strych-
nine could not be discovered ; but Providence had
ordained it otherwise. That poison bad been adminis-
tered to the unfortunate man was evident, and the ques-
tion would be, how did it get there ? It was not ad-
ministered by any of the medical men who attended
Cook. Antimony was found in the body of Cook
' after he had been ill for a week, and it would
be for the jury to decide, from the evidence
that would be placed before them, whether it
was administered by the prisoner. The prisoner
would be defended by one of the most eminent
men of the bar ; and if the evidence which he.
(the Attorney General) should place before them
would not convince the jury of the prisoner's guilt,
then, in God's name, they would acquit him, but, on the
other hand, if it should be deemed conclusive, then they
would, as a duty they owed to society, return a verdict
of guilty.
The Attorney-General then resumed his seat, and the
court adjourned for a short time.