Star.
London, England, 1822-08-16 00:00:00

Mr. and Mrs. Edwards and Mary ,Sandbrooke going
to Abergavenny fair, on the Monday before Mr. Ed-
wards died. I had lived with them a twelvemonth
before that time. My master and mistress used fre-
quently to quarrel. They slept in different beds;—
sometimes. in the same, and sometimes in different
rooms. She has threatened to run him through with
i a knife when she has had one in her hand. When
he was absent, within six weeks of his death, she has
wished some mischief would happen to him before he
came home. I knew a person named James Lewis.
Mr. CAMPBELL objected to any evidence tending to
shew that Mrs. Edwards had an illicit attachment, as
she could not be prepared to meet such a charge.
Mr. Justice BAILEY intimated that the topic should
not be pressed, and Mr. Pearson yielded.
The witness proceeded.—All three returned from
the fair the same evening ; my master riding one
horse, and my mistress and Mary the other. My
master was unwell that evening. On Tuesday even-
ing, between six and seven, when my master was in
bed, my mistress sent me to Mr. Ebenezer Jones's
shop. She desired me to procure three pennyworth
of crow-fig (a vulgar term for nux minim). I ob-
tained several pieces, which resembled beans, and
gave them to my mistress. On Wednesday morning
I saw my mistress putting tea into the pot for break-
fast. She cut two of the crow-figs into small slices,
and put them into the pot ; then poured hot water
in, let it stand for a few minutes, poured out a cup-
ful), added sugar and cream, and carried it up stairs
with a piece of bread and butter. She said she was
going to take some breakfast to my master. I saw
her go up stairs, but did not see into what room she
went. My master did not rise that day. My mis-
tress returned directly, leaving the cup up stairs.
Neither she nor I took any of the tea from that pot.
In a few minutes she went up again, and returned
with the cup empty. She poured out another cup,
took it up stairs, and returned after some time wi;11
it empty. James Buckley, a soldier, was in the house
that morning. On the evening of the same day, my
mistress sent me again to Jones's, and directed me to
bring an ounce of salts, a vomit, and laudanum. I
obtained them. Oa the morning of Thursday, my
mistress sent me with a basin of milk to my master
who was in bed. It was my office to empty the ves-
sels in the room, but I did not do so on Wednesday
or Thursday. When I came down stairs, from giving
the milk, my mistress asked if I had given it him ?
I said I was afraid to take anything up stairs. She
asked why ? I replied, for fear she should do any
thing to her husband and lay the blame upon me.
Mary Sandbrooke, who had been out at work the
earlier part of the week, came home on Friday even-
ing. Oa Saturday I was not in my master's room,
nor did I ever see him again alive. On Saturday
morning I went to the top of the stairs to call my mis-
tress,who had a key in her hand. I told her a woman •
Wanted her, and asked if that was the key of mas-
ter's room ? She said, " Yes ;" 1 asked if site had
locked the door? she said " Yes ;" she was afraid
any one should come up stairs to take anything out
of the room, The key had usually been in the door,
and the door left open. I never saw it locked be-
fore, except on fair-days. Saturday is market-day,
but it was not 'isually locked on market-days. Be-
tween two and three in the night after, I heard of
my master's death. My mistress came down and
said that master was dead. Mary Sandbrooke was
with me cleaning the house. She sent me for Betty
Cadwallader after I had cleaned the house, who came
between five and six. My mistress directed Sand-
brooke and me to take a utensil to the canal, which
I had never done before. and directed us to rinse the
bucket in which we carried it. Its contents looked
ellowish, and as if vomited. The next day my mis-
tress asked me and Mary to go to Ann Williams, to
desire her not to say that she had been for the arsenic
to Ebenezer Jones. We went and delivered our mis-
tress's directions to Ann Williams. I was also di.
rected to wash out a small basin which appeared to
have had milk in it.

Cross-examined by Mr. Twiss.— My master had
supper, unwell as he was, when he returned from
the fair on Monday. lam sure my master was not
out on the Wednesday, the day the tea was taken to
him. When I saw him on Friday he was in bed, and
had not been up at all that morning. The canal, into
which I emptied the vessel after my master's death,
was at the front of the house. It was between two'
and three in the morning when we emptied it. I
never heard my master vomit in his illness. lam
quite sure the slicing of the beans was on Wednes-
day, and the time I saw my master in bed on the Fi
day. I have never said that I believed my master
was tipsy on Monday evening ; I did not think he
was. I have said before the Coroner, that on the
Wednesday, when the beans were sliced, my master
went out, had his working clothes on, and stayed
out all day: my mistress desired me to say this. I
was then upon my oath. I believe I fixed a time for
his Coming home, but what I do not remember. I
also told the Coroner's Jury, that on the Friday my
master went out in the morning, and returned be-
tween nine and ten at night. That was a false oath,
as well *as the other. I also' told the Jury, not that
it was the prisoner, but Mary Sandbrooke, who sent
me to desire the old woman not to say anything. I
heard my mistress give an order to Mary Sandbrooke
respecting it; but Ttold the Coroner's Jury that I did
not hear it. I said nothing to the Coroner's Jury
about having seen the prisoner slice the bean into the
tea-pot. I believe my mistress told me the crow-fig
was to kill crows : and after this direction, she suf-
fered me to see her slice it into the tea-pot.
lie-examined.—On Monday, my mistress desired
me to tell these falsehoods to the Coroner's Jury. She
told me for my life not to say that I had fetched the
salts, the vomit, or the laudanum. She told me to
say that my master was out on those days. No one
has encouraged me ko come and give my evidence as
I have done to-day.
Mary Coslet examined by Mr. LUDLOW.—At one
time I lived at the Cross Keys. Since 1 left it I have
often.been at the house. On the Monday after Ed-
wards's death I was there. I went to Mrs. Edwards,
and said, " Dear Mrs. Edwards, what a shocking
thing is here !" and I said, " Well, mistress, have
you given anything to master?" She said, " Given
what?" I replied, "Given what we were talking of
when I was here?" She replied, " Given what,
Mary ?" 1 said, " You know what we were talking
of when I was here?" She said, " What was that?"
I said, " You remember what little Peggy said, when
I was here, to give a little bit to master ?" and Mrs.,