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that have been formed in the struggle, and the friend-
ships that have grown up in the toils of official life ; to
forego the intimacies of years and the companionship of
different fortunes,—it is no slight pain to be taunted by
the base, and reproached by the judicious ; but most
painful of all is it, after displacing a great and powerful
psi ty, to elevate into its seat a faction which has no
hold on the affections of the country. and which, by its
narrow arrogance, may soon lose its little power in Par-
liament.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
ROLLS' COURT, Dec. 13.
His Lordship sat at 10 o'clock, and proceeded with
the hearinz of some unimportant motions, which occu-
pied a considerable portion of the day.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERNCIRCUIT.—York, Dec. 12.
(Before Mr. Justice Elms.)
CHARGE OF MURDER BY POISONING.—.Iane Windsor,
aged 28, the wife of Richard Windsor, was charged
with the wilful murder of Joseph Windsor, her stepson,
at Easingwold, in the North Riding, on the 17th of July
last, by giving him a quantity of arsenic. The poisoning
was vatiously stated in the indictment, as administered
in tea, in treacle, and in bread.
Mr. Bliss, Mr. Matthews, and Mr. Blaashard were
counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Overend and Mr.
Hardy appeared for the prisoner.
Mr. BLlss, in opening the case, stated that the pri-
soner and her husband were labouring people, and em-
ployed in the neigbourhood where the alleged offence
was committed. The deceased was the stepson of the
prisoner, and at the time of his death was about seven
years of age. The boy's father and the prisoner had
been married in the year 1843, and a portion of the
evidence to be adduced would be to prove repeated acts
of cruelty on the part of the prisoner towards the de-
ceased, as indicating her dislike of him. The poison
was of a kind commonly known as " bug- poison," and it
was supposed that the child had been killed by the ad-
ministering of a substance of that kind, some of which
had, just before his death, been used about the house
inhabited by the prisoner's family.
Elizabeth Leckoaley, widow, of Easingwold, deposed
that on the 17th July she went to the prisoner's house,
to ask if she and those that accompanied her were to go
out to work. She sent the deceased for some cream.
On the boy's return, he said, "Mother, you need not go
to Mr. Gill's this morning ;" when she said as they were
not going to work, she would give him some treacle and
brimstone, as there was a very bad smell issued from his
nose, which was at the time running very much. Wit-
ness did not see the bread, but afterwards saw it, and
she then observed that it was of a dark colour. The
prisoner gave the child some tea, and witness was confi-
dent it was sweetened with treacle, on account of what
appeared at the bottom of the utensil she drank it from.
There appeared to be about half a tea-spoonful of treacle
to have been dissolved in the tea. Witness did not see
any treacle put into the tea, but she judged from what
she saw that the quantity specified by her was what had
been administered to the deceased. She left the house
whilst the prisoner mixed the draught, and some time
afterwards the grandmother of the deceased wished her
to go and see the boy. Witness did so, and she found
deceased very ill and sick ; witness then asked
if they had not sent for the doctor, to which the
prisoner replied that she had sent for Mr. East-
dale, but be was not at home. Witness said they
had better send for some one, as it might turn out a
dangerous case. They sent for Mr. Scaife, but he not
being at home, Mr. Wylie was sent for. The child at
this time appeared to be very ill. The father and the
mother were standing by. When Mr. Wylie attended
the deceased was laid upon some chairs, but he was
afterwards removed to a bed up stairs. The father was
sent for, and whilst he was embracing the deceased, the
latter threw himself back as though ho was suffering
much pain. Witness afterwards took deceased upon
her knee, and he threw himself back as though he was
dying. On the Saturday following she stated to the pri-
soner that reports were prevalent that poison had been
found in the child's stomach by Mr. Smile, when the
prisoner said that she did not care what anybody said,
nobody could prove that she had either purchased or
administered any poison. Witness was present when
the deceased died. The prisoner laid the deceased's legs
straight, and said he might be there whilst she prepered
her husband a cup of tea. Witness never saw the pri-
soner use any send.
Croes-examined by Mr. OVEREND—Witness could not
say how far the prisoner's house wa ; from Mr. Gill's.
The prisoner said that if the boy brought the cream they
would not go to work. It was about ten o'clock when
witness went to the grandmother's. The prisoner and
the grandmother were on very good terms. Witness did
not know who went for Mr. Setae, but she believed that
the prisoner went for him.
Elizabeth Barker, the wife of Robert Barker, white-
smith, of Easingwold, deposed that she resided near the
prisoner. On the 17th of July, the prisoner came to her
house and said she was going to give the little boy some
treacle and brimstone. About half an hour afterwards,
the prisoner called at witness's shop and purchased some
mint lozenges. The prisoner gave the deceased some
lozenges, and she requested him to go up the yard, and
said that the sickness with which he was than attacked
would soon go off. He, however, soon returned on ac-
count of sickness, and the prisoner washed her hands with
soft water, and again desired the deceased to run up the
yard. The deceased vomited whilst this was going en,
and witness held his head over a grate, when the mother
washed away the vomit down a sink. Witness after-
wards removed the deceased into a chair in the house,
and he felt very cold and in a state of perspiration.
Sarah Terry came in, and the prisoner would have
the father sent fbr. Sarah Terry's daughter went for
him. This was about half-past ten, or from
that time to eleven o'clock. The deceased asked
for a drink of water, and witness gave him some
marigold tea, after which he was purged. Witness next
deposed to the surgeons being sent for, and also to some
magnesia having been sent for, but deceased never
partook of any. On the day on which the adjourned
inquest was held the prisoner went into witness's house,
when witness said, " Oh, Jane, why do you come into
my house ? The sight of you will break my heart!"
The prisoner said, " What have I done amiss ?" and
witness answered that she was afraid she (the accused)
was guilty of the crime. The prisoner responded that
nobody could prove that she had ever had any poison,
and that " she still cherished a hope that they would not
hang her." The witness next deposed to the prisoner
having asserted that whilst the boy was upon the chairs
in the house, she must provide a clean shirt for the lad,
" as there would be plenty to say if he was not supplied
with one." About one o'clock on the day on which the
deceased died, the prisoner said to her husband, who
was fretting very much, that "he might be thankful
the child was deal, for she was ; and that they should
now live comfortable, as they had had nothing but dif-
fering and fratching over him."
Cross-examined—The deceased was very sick whilst
in the yard, and witness had also observed the prisoner
treat him with ordinary affection, and had never seen
her ill-treat him.
Esther Mailey deposed that she kept a school, and
knew where the prisoner lived. Witness knew the de-
ceased, who attended her school. He had been ill about
two months previous to his death, but had not been pre-
vented from attending school. Between eight and nine
o'clock on the morning in question, the prisoner called
upon witness, and said that " she need not expect the
deceased at school that day, as she was goi;,r; to give
him some physic." She afterwards celled upon witness
and said she wanted the,deceased to take:some camomile-
tea, which he refused, and she consequently wished wit-
ness to use her endeavours in causing' him to take the
medicine. Witness had seen prisoner heat the deceased
with a thick stick about a month before he died. She
also deposed that she (witness) had heard the prisoner
state that she had flogged the boy for going to his grand•
mother's, and that on the Bth of July the prisoner in-
ibrined her that her husband had beat her i,i conse-
quence of her having previously flogged the de-
ceased. Subsequent to this period, the prisoner
stated to witness that she had put Joseph (the
deceased) to bed, in order that she might keep her
hands upon him," tor what he had done on the
previous day. From this witness's testimony it also
appeared that prisoner and her husband frequently
quarrelled, upon some of which occasions she had
asserted " there never would be a word if the lad was
dead." About three-quarters of an hour after the
death of the deceased, the prisoner remarked, " they
should now live comfortably, as they had never had
a day's peace since they were married, on deceased's
account," and did not appear at all concerned. About
a week previous to deceased's death, witness heard
prisoner say that she disliked her son (the deceased)
worse than ever, on account of him telling so many
falsehoods ; she, however, never heard her wish the
boy dead, but proved that she invariably manifested a
bad feeling towards him.
Ann Williamson, wife of Williamson, of Easing.
wold, cartwright, was next examined, but gave no ad-
ditional evidence in corroboration of the crime.
Mary Sturdy stated that she was at the prisoner's
house, and found the deceased vomiting. Witness sug-
gested to the prisoner that she ought to send for a
surgeon, when she replied that she required none of
their advice. The last time she saw the deceased he

appeared in great agony.
Mr. Robert Gill, solicitor, of Easingwold, deposed that
he had some conversation with the prisoner on the day
when the deceased expired, and he charged her with
having put arsenic in the tea given to deceased. The
prisoner's mother also charged her with the murder, and
said, 4. We must have blood for blood, but Wind2or is
innocent" The prisoner at the time was making great
lamentation. Witness inquired when she had given the
deceased the treacle and brimstone, and she replied that

she had administered it before breakfast. She protested
her innocence of the crime or all knowledge of it. _

Sarah Remmer corroborated the evidence of some of
the previous witnesses.
Sarah Terry deposed that on the 17th of July she
was at prisoner's house. The boy complained of his
inside in the presence of the prisoner. Berore he died
she did not appear to fret, but she did a short time after-
wards.

Mr. Williatn Teasdsle, surgeon, of Easingwold, who
usually attended the family, deposed that the day de-
ceased died, and after his death, he went to the pri-
isoner's house, in consequence of hearing that he had
been sent for. lie
went up stairs by the invitation of
the prisoner, 503 when he was coming down she said,
~ people say I have poisonet.: the child." Witness asked
her if he had given the child anything, and he under•
stood her to say that she had given him some treacle and
brimstone. Prisoner allowed witness to take it with him,
and he placed it in his surgery.
Cross-examined—Witness had attended the child, and
he had been struck with the prisoner's kindness and at-
tention to it, he knowing that she was the mother-in-
law.
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in ea distress.
Jane Todd, wife of Isaac Todd, of Easingwold, labourer,
gon the day in ques-
tion
deposed that she was a neighbour of the prisoner's, and
was called, but her evidence was not material.