The Sun.
London, England, 1826-04-10 00:00:00

POISONING IN JEST.

John Parton and Elzabeth Berkaey were indicted for ad-
ministering 8 grains of tartar emetic to Nicholas Cross, with the
intent of doing him bodily harm, The prosecutor stated, that
he is a private in the 3d Regiment of Guards, and on the 24th
February last was billetted on the Bench of Grapes public-
house, ltow-street,. Covent-garden. He went there with the
billet between 2 and 3 O'clock, and the landlady gave him a
pint of porter, which he took into the tap-room and drank...._
The two prisoners were, at the time drinking in the tap-room,
as were two other men and a woman. After he drank his
porter, he left the tap-room, and returned in a short time,
when one of the men, not the prisoner, prevailed on him to
drink a glass of ale. He soon after became sick, and went into
the yard, where he vomited, &c., and became insensible, and
knew nothing more of what happened to him.
Ain Cole, a surgeon, proved, that about 5 o'clock on the day
in question, he was called in to the prosecutor, and found him
in a state of insensibility, anti with scarcely any signiof life.
All the appearances indicated his having taken an overdose of
tartar emetic.

A man of colour proved, that about three o'clock he went into
the tap.room of the Bunch of Grapes, and the male prisoner
asked him to go for a penny worth of tartar emetic, which wit.
ness declined.

Three chymists in the neighbourhood of Bow-street, proved,
that about 4 o'clock on the '24th of February, the female pri-
soner purchased from one, four grains of tartar emetic ; from
each of the others, two grains each ; in the first case, she said
it was to give to a large Newfoundland dog; in the others, that
it was a doze for her husband.

The male prisoner said, in his defence, that he had a New.
foundland dog with him, which he was informed had taken
poison, and that he publicly asked the man of colour in the
tap-room, to bring him a dose of tartar emetic to administer to
the dog, and that person having refused, the female prisoner
went for it; and after she brought it, laid it on the table, from
which it was taken without his knowledge ; and, If put in the
ale given to the prosecutor, that was also done without his par.
ticipation. The female prisoner told a similar story. A wit.
ness proved that the male prisoner had a large dog with him at
the time.

The Jury, without hesitation, found both the prisoners
Guilty.
The CIIAIR3jAN, in passing sentence, observed, that had
the prosecutor died, both the prisoners would have had to an-
swer for a capital offence. The judgment of the Court was,
that they should each be imprisoned six months in the House
of Correction, and kept to hard labour.

SOCIETY FOR TILE SUPPRESSION OF VICE.
John Humphreys, a young bookseller, who had on Friday
pleaded "guilty" to an indictment preferred against him by
the ,Society for the Suppression of 'Vice, for selling obscene
publications, was broil:tilt up for judgment.
Mr. Bignold, an officer of the Society, proved that he had
purchased the books he produced at the shop of the defendant,
7A, High Holborn. The indecent prints they contained were
exhibited in the window, and crowds of young persons were
looking at them and making comments. The defendant had
a letter from the Society, threatening hint with a prosecution if
he did not discontinue the sale; but the sale was continued
after the letter was sent. Another witness gave similar evi-
dence. The defendant addressed the Court. lie said he was
not able to employ a counsel. The books be was prosecuted
for publishing were reprints of old books, which had never
been judged illegal, and were at this moment published by
other booksellers. He read copies of two letters he had written
to the Society for the Suppression of Vice, expressive of his
contrition, and his readiness to give up all the copies of r,::milar
works in his possession, and to enter into recognizance never to
publish any of the same kind.—The Court sentenced him to
two months' imprisonment.

To T. TAYLOR, Esq.
No, 9, New Bridge-street, London.
HONOURED SIR,
I BEG leave to inform you, that ever since the
IL year 1790, 1 had been afflicted with a certain complaint,
which, from its obstinately resisting every course et medicine
prescribed by the most eminent of the faculty here, and on-
;lergoing several severe courses of salivation, mid twice dis-
charged from the Hospital with little relief, w iuld appear to
be of the mast inveterate nature. In the spring of last year
my disorder had got to such a head, as nearly to put a period
to my existence-4 had been in a state of ulceration for the
last seven years; my skin, in different parts, was very much
discoloured, and I suffered such excruciating pain, particu-
larly when warm in bed, as nearly to deprive me of rest ; is
this lamentable state, I was recommended by Mr. J. Thomp-
son (who received so great acure by them here), to take vour
Leake's Patent Pills, which I began to do on the tab of Islay;
in the course of a fortnight I began to receive henerit—in
little more than a month the ulcerations disappeared, leaving,
however, considerable discolouration in the skin, and pain in
the bone of the left leg, which, by the blessing of tiod,
and a little longer perseverance in your invaluable Medi-
cine, subsided; the skin regaining its natural hue, and
the nocturnal pains gradually going off.—l thus became, by
four liberal advice and medicine, perfectly free from all my
ormer complaints—have recovered my former spirits and
strength, and am become jolly and fat, in which stale haslet;
continued many months, to the astonishment of all who kpew
me, I ant at a loss in what terms to express my gratitude, but
beg you, for the good of other suffering mortals, to make
this my case as public as possible, as I shall on every occa-
sion in so doing you will greatly oblige,
Sir, your grateful, obedient, very humbl e screen t
ALEX. MUtttiElt
Swan's Close, High-street, Edinburgh.
Witnesses to the above Cure:—

John Tl..nteson, No. 3, New Poultry Market, Bainburgh,

John itiqiitosh, Old Assembly dose, Edinburgh.

Prepared and sold by the sole Proprietor, THOMAS TAY-
LOR, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, at his
house, No. ti, New Bridge-street, London; *here, after a
constant residence of more than 40 years, in a practice parti-
cularly directed to the cure of complaints of the above nature,
with that inviolable secrecy which men of his profession
should always observe in such cases, he flatters himself the
advice and assistance he gratuitously administers to persons
Medicine,esueiidtm attainable,ll.beetetnied by a discerning Pub-
and void uf all am-
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living at a distance, at the Toyshup, No. 102, Oxford-street;
NI r. pisborouKh's, Nu. 7, Fish-street-hill ,• Mr. Baxter,
youth-bridge, Etliaburgb; Mi. Callwel ,'s, Dit ; and of
in fivers, considerable town in Great Britain and
n ts. 9d. each, stamped, and sealed up
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