The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-06 00:00:00

urn. He spoke much of his complaints and seemed
fond of talking about himself. I thought him a
vain person. He said he hail always taken coffee,
but he was not surprised the cocoa had disagreed
with him as he was not in the habit of taking it.
Mary A. Perry—l live at 144, Renfrew-street,
Glasgow. I knew the late Mr. L'Angelier. I be-
came acquainted with him in 1853. We both at-
tended the chapel of St. Jude's. About the spring
of 1855 I came to know him more intimately. In
the summer of 1855 he was engaged to a lady named
Miss M. Smith, and I was made aware afterwards
of the progress of his attachment and correspond-
ence. In August, 1855, he brought her to call on
me. I after that received several letters from her.
[Shown and identified Nos. 11, 19, 20, and 27, as
letters from the prisoner.] No. 27 is signed "Mini."
It is a pet name, and the name which M. L'Angelier
called her. [Also shown and identified, 29, 45, and
83, also letters from Miss Smith written at intervals.
Shown 141.] That is a letter from M. L'Angelier to
me. It is dated the 20th of March, and says—"
should have come and seen some one last night, but
the le ter came too late, so that we are both disap-
pointed. L'Angelier frequently visited at my house.
He had general good health, but latterly was not
so well as formerly. I think he told me in Feb.
he had heard of another gentleman paying his ad-
dresses to Miss Smith. He said at one time she
had denied ir, and that at another time she evaded
the question. He dined with me on the 17th of
February. He told me then that he expected to
see Miss Smith on the Thursday following. I did
not see him again till the 2d of March. He was
then looking extremely ill. We had some conversa-
tion about his illness, He said, " I never expected
to have seen'you again, I have been so ill." He
did not tell me he had seen Miss Smith on the 19th
of February. He told me he had had a cup of
chocolate, which had made him ill. It was on the
9th of March he told me this, when he .took tea
wilt me. On the 2d he said he could not attribute
it to any cause ; but on the 9th he said, "I can't
think why I was so unwell after getting that coffee
and chocolate from her." I understood him to refer
to two occasions. He was talking of Miss Smith
when he add. " her." He did not say if the illness
he bad on getting the chocolate was the same illness
of which he had spoken on the 2d of March, but I
did not know of his having any other illness. On
the 9th of March be was talking of his extreme
attachment to Miss Smith. He said, "It is a per-
fect infatuation I have for her ; if she were to poi-
son me I would forgive her." I sail, "You ought
not to allow such thoughts to pass through your
mind. What motive could she have to do you any
harm 1" He said, " I don't know that ; perhaps
she might not be sorry to get rid of me." All this
was said in earnest. I interpreted the expression to
mean to get rid of her engagement. There seemed
to be some suspicion on his mind as to what Miss
Smith hail given him, but it was not a serious sus-
picion. I never saw him again alive. He said to me
that he bad once offered to Miss Smith to discontinue
the engagement, but she objected to it then. She
wished afterwards that their photographs should be
returned to each other. He had offered to return her
letters to her father. I received a message on.
the 23d March, about 10 o'clock, that M. L'Ange-
lier was very ill. I went about midday and found
him dead. I called on Mrs. Smith, and intimated
the death to her. I saw the prisoner, but did not
intimate it to her. She recognised me and shook
hands, asking me to walk into the drawing-room.
I asked to see Mrs. Smith privately, and said that
Miss Smith would become acquainted with the ob-
ject of my message. I never had seen Mrs. Smith
before. I had a warm friendship for M. L'Angelier,
and thought him a strictly moral, indeed a religious
man. He was very regular in attendance at church.
I was very much agitated and startled to find him
dead.

Cross-examined—l was not acquainted with Mr.
Smith's family. L'Angelier told me when the en-
gagement was first fixed he wished to inform her
father, but she objected to.that. He asked her to
speak to him herself, which she also refused. This
was a source of much distress to him at the time.
M. L'Angelier was acquainted with Miss Smith's
sister, but not with her father or mother. The
engagement had only existed a few weeks when Miss
Smith was introduced to me. L'Angelier told me
he had met Miss Smith first at Mrs. Baird's. I was
aware that the intimacy was disapproved by the
family, and that the engagement was broken off at
one time. I never knew whether the father and
mother had abated in their dislike to the intimacy.
I wrote on one occasion to Mi-s Smith advising her
to mention the matter to her parents, and I advised
L'Angelier not to renew the engagement after it
was broken off. The engagement was renewed pro-
visionally, Miss Smith having promised, on a pro-
per opportunity, to tell her parents. I knew that
they met clandestinely. I corresponded with both
of them. (Shown No. 11 of the third inventory for
the prisoner.) The postmark of that letter is the
7th Feb. The letter said :

" Though you have not told me so, I am in hopes,
dear L'Angelier, that you have been receiving such
kind cheering notes from Mimi that you are quits corn-
for'able and happy, at least a great deal less sad thanyou
were the last evening I saw you. I felt so sorry for you
then, you were so ill and miserable, and I feel sorry that
you should be so solitary in Glasgow, with no one to
cheer you. To-day I saw Mimi with her mother, and
Bessie (at least I took it to be her mother). Mimi looked
quite well, and I believe she saw me. Are you suffer-
ing a'so from your neck ? With kindest wishes for your
happiness and Mimi's. I am, dear L'Angelier. ever your
friend, "M. A. PERRY."
Witness also identified other letters shown as being
from her to L'Angelier. We had corresponded at
intervals for the last two years. He used to address
me as "Dear Mary," or "My dear Mary," but
never "Dsarest Mary." I was introduce.' to him
by a lady named Miss Philpot, who is now in Eng-
land. I believe his mother lived in Jersey. I never
inquired her occupation. He had two sisters, also
a brother, who died. I remembered the date of
L'Angelier's first illness, after my first precognition.
It was mentioned in my presence then that the first
illness was on the 19th, but I also remember it
from other circumstances. When the 19th was
spoken of, one of the clerks said that is the date he
mentions of his first illness in his pocket-book. I
took notes of my precognition afterwards. I was
advised to do so by a friend, that I might be clear
and distinct. Down to the time the 19th was men-
tioned by the clerk I had not remembered the date
of his illness. I was precognised on the 6th of
April, 7th of April, 23d of April, 4th of June, sth
of June, and 23d of June, in all six times.
By the Court—l never saw the Sheriff at any of
these times.
By the Dean—On the 2d of March he said that
on his first illness he fell on the floor, and was un-
able to call assistance. At last he crept on his
hands and knees and knocked on the wall, when
the landlady came. He said he never had any-
thing like it before. His second illness he called
jaundice, or a bilious attack. It was sometime
prior to March that he told me of the proposals to
discontinue the engagement. He imagined she
seemed to be getting cool, and said if she wished
to break it off he would accede to her wishes. At
that time she did not wish to discontinue it. He
spoke of this having happened some time before.
It was after that she proposed a return of her
letters, and when he offered to return the letters to
her fa' her I understood this to be a consent on his
part to give up the engagement. Miss Smith would
not accede to the proposal to give her letters to her
father, and the enaagement remained unbroken, as
I understood, at Miss Smith's desire.
A lengthened discussion then took place as to
the admissibility of the letters, which were objected
to by the defendant's counsel, on account of the
careless and irregular manner in which they had
been recovered, and because they bad no proof that
all the documents had actually been recovered. It
was replied that no objections had been taken suffi-
cient to exclude the docunaent4, and that any ob-
jections that were of any weight were matters for
the jury. The Court decided that, whatever ob-
servation as to the mode of recovering and attest.
ing these documents might be made on behalf of
the prisoner, no ground had been stated sufficient
to exclude them as evidence.
The Court adjourned at six o'clock till Saturday
morning.

SATURDAY, JULY 4.--FIFTH D.Y.
The evidence for the prosecution was resumed.
Dr. Christison, recalled and deposed—l think it
would be very unsafe indeed to use arsenic by put-
ting an ounce into water and washing in it. I
should expect inflammation of the eyes and nos-
trils, and probably of the mouth, to result from it,
and, once taking hold of the skin, arsenic being an
insoluble solid, it would not be easily got rid of. I
never heard of anenic being so used. A prepara-
tion of arsenic is used as a depilatory. It is a subli-
. mate of ;Arsenic and a sublimate of lime, but it is
only used for removing hair.
Cross-examined—Arsenic is not absolutely inso-
luble in cold water. If put into cold water origi-
nally, a 500th part is all that would probably be
dissolved, but if the water had been first boiled and
then cooled a 32d part would be dissolved. It is
only the finer powder of it that would be sus-
pended iu the water. Tf an ounce tyti‘e put into a
basin of water, not much of it would be suspended
in it without agitation. I cannot absolutely say
whether washing in 'IC might not be productive of
dangerous lesults, but I think it would be a very
Prudent thing. I should not like to do
at myself. I cannot say how long the finer powder
might remain suspended. I should say that in
three or four minutes scarcely any of the arsenic
would remain in suspension, but I am speaking
without authority.
By the Court—. There is a controversy as to
Whether arsenic has an taste. Dr. Orfila, a much
fitter authority than I ea, maintains ~that it has