The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-06 00:00:00

apothecary, who received his diplonia as a licentiate •
of the Apothecaries' Company in 1839, is ROW in
Newgatei awaiting his trial on a charge of man-
slaughter, for having by his mal-treatment and the
use of instruments, caused the death of a poor
woman, named Eliza Garrett, of No. 9, Coventry-
court, Three Colt-street, Bethnal-green. The grand
jury returned a true bill for manslaughter at the
last Old Bailey Sessions, and his trial, on the appli-
catkin of counsel, was postponed.
The evidence of the witnesses taken on pre-
vious examinations was read by Mr. Bowdler, the
second clerk, and their testimony made out a
strong case against the prisoner of having admi-
nistered a powerful and noxious drug to Anne
Horne to procure abortion, in which she unfor-
tunately succeeded, causing frightful suffering to
the patient, and nearly causing her death. Four
days after the noxious drug was administered by
Annie Vale, Mr. Robinson, the senior medical officer
of the Stepney Union, found her in a bloodless,
blanched condition, and thought she would
die. Continuous hemorrhage had taken place for
five days, the consequence of the powerful drug ad-
ministered to the unfortunate woman by the pri-
soner. The patient had been since kept alive by
the skill and attention paid to the case by Mr.
Robinson, find the use of a very nourishing diet.
The poor creature is still in a weakly condition,
and Mr. Robinson said if she had not been a strong,
healthy woman she, would have perished.
Mrs. Horne was brought to the court in a cab,
and gave her evidence for the first time. She was
as pale as a spectre and very languid. She stated
that she had been dwelling with her husband and
three children, at No. 43,Edward-street, Limchouse-
fields. Her husband was a labourer, and for some
time past he :had very little work. On the last
Thursday iu September she went to the prisoner's
shop, in Henry-street, and asked her for a penny-
worth of pills. The prisoner elicited from her that
she was in the family way, and then said that a
dranght would do more good for her than pills, and
would operate more quickly. The prisoner also
said, poor people are fools to have so many children
as they did ; if they came to me they would not
have so many. The witness then related some other
conversation with the prisoner, which we cannot
print, but it meant in effect, that the draught she
was mixing would prevent the child the prosecu-
trix had conceived arriving at maturity, and would
restore her to the state she was in before pregnancy.
The prosecutrix took the draught prepared by the
prisoner in the shop. She was very ill afterwards.
On Sunday, the 6th of August, she was in great
pain, and the prisoner was sent for, and brought
some medicine, and gave it to her in a cup. The
prisoner said that will fetch it away bit by bit.
Mr. Woolrych—What did you understand by
that ?
Witness—l believe the prisoner meant abortion,
sir. Mrs. Horne then described the abortion ; the
dreadful sufferings she endured, and the frightful
hemorrhage that ensued after swallowing the drug.
She was very ill, very weak, and felt she was
dying at times. On the day after she re-
ceived the drug from the prisoner she sent her
sister-in-law, Anne Kent, who gave evidence three
weeks ago, to the prisoner's shop for some medicine.
It did her no good. She had been very ill and weak
ever since. The regular functions of her body were
not restored. She was continually weak.
Mr. Woolrych directed Mrs. Horne to leave the
witness box and be seated.
Anne Kent was recalled, and in answer to Mr.
Woolrych said—l went on Monday, the 7th of
October, to the prisoner's shop for some medicine.
Mrs. Horne was then very bad. I saw Mrs. Vale,
and said to her my sister-in-law is very bad. The
prisoner said to Mr. Vale, her husband, " Oh, it is
the young woman who miscarried. She took the
cup out of my hand and gave me some medicine. It
was darker than the stuff which the prisoner gave
to Mrs. Horne on Sunday.
Inspector Griffin, of the K division, said he took
the prisoner into custody on the 14th of October,
and told her she was charged with administering a
noxious drug, with intent to procure abortion. The
prisoner said that all she administered was a pre-
paration of soda and oil of cloves.
The prisoner, after receiving the usual caution,
entered into a long defence. About five weeks ago,
on a Thursday or Friday, Mrs. Horne called upon
her, and said she was suffering from head to foot,
and could not hold a joint still. She also said that
she had been bad above a week, and her husband
had scolded her very much because she did not get
some medicine. She asked Mrs. Horne why she
did not come before, to which she replied that she
was too poor, and could get no money, and that her
husband had only work for about a day and a half
every week. The prisoner described the treatment
of. ,the sick woman, and denied administering
noxious drugs. She asked Mrs. Horne how many
children she had, to which she replied three. She
then remarked to Mrs. Horne, " It is a great pity
the rich don't have more children than the poor,
for it is worse than starvation for the poor to have
them."

The depositions having been completed,
Mr. Woolrych committed the prisoner for tria,
at tlio next sessions of the Central Criminal Court