Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-09-24

0lm 10 what oencmfnatiuh he WAS AT
tached-Doctor Miller said the Pres.
byterian-but hat he was not conaci-
entious on that head-his objections
we're these: LIST. II was a Catholic Gus.
tom. Cd. 1t was indelicate; and sdiy.
He might contract some contagious
disorder by kissing the sheep skin,
where so many bad preceded him-bdt
said be was viking to comply with the
rules: il being usual in Pennsylvania,
where he formerly resided TO be allow
ed such a choice if desired. lie vas
then swern on the Book J After several
observations, upon the names of ex.
aiming bodies for this purpose, he was
of the opinion that putrefactlon had
advanced too far, to enable a person 10
come 10 a correct o~pinion-as he never
| could be satisfied 10 do so, unless he
observed the modene colored blood IN
the Pulmonary veins IN a person stFan
gled. That a blow on the fore part OF
| the head was more apt TO produce death
than on the back, from contre coup
That the neck might have been fractur
ed perpendicularly, which could not
have been discovered by an external
examination. That the livid appearan
ces we're considered conmoa ia diSseet
ing rooms. That be would rather be
lieve she died Of any other death than
s~utfoeation
doctor Miller was net summoned as
a witness. but came on at the request OF
! Mr.. Mcmahon, one of the defendants
couHsel)
Doctor Samuel p Smih ION a and
exam) He differed in opinisn with
! Doctor Miller, Of Baltimore, upon the
subject Of conclusion Doctor Miller
asserting that from tina fact o. the brain
being a soft and pulby mass, a force
applied TO the frontal bone will necessa
riiy produce a conclusion Of the cere
bellum, and bence blows upon the
forehead sufficient to produce concus
sion, more fatal than blows upon any
other part. This opinion was opposed
by Doctor Smith as a general result.
witnesses for The Defendant.
Henrietta Thomas II was at Mrs
seett's house, en- Saturday evening be
fore Swealingen started up the river;
he came ia, with IN intention Of going
up the r%iver-his wife said if he would
wait till next day she would 60 up with
bin. He had his saddle bags gu bis
arm-saw no horse. Mrs. Or. Swear
insen was sick the night Georges wife
was disinterred. (By the Court-whst
time was il that you saw S~wearingen
with bis saddle bags?) About the mid
die Of the afternoon, / suppose. She
did not ride with her own bonnet, be.
cause | saw her bonnet in the house
after she started with ). up the river.
Joseph Sprigs. | think blood will
not go through a leaf: it will wash off
] have shst deer in the msrning, and the
next day l could not trace the deer by
the blood Hickory leaves will have
we're spots than any other leaves
When blood dries it will come oil like
a scab
suork Sfeward.-T never seen blood
stain through a leaf | have shot Sc
veral deer Blood will wash oft by rain.
| have tried it: There are spots on
leaves that look great deal ike ol7od,
l never trail deer by the blood more
than one or two days after they have
been shot.
Moses BorweH II was through the
woeds en- Sunday following the death
Of Mrs. S with HilIeary, Buchanan aud
lRban. | saw the nest, and it had
y appearance OF a hollow ia the
gFSund, where a tree had been torn 10
and the leaves washed down by the rain
The tracks had the appearance of little
holes in the ground where little stumps
had been pulled Up. We found be
tween Is or 90 holes in the ground-i
have found holes of the same kind of
ZEN. The soil is gravel, aud | think the
ground is too hard for a horse To make
any impression. No person had been
there before | was, think. 1t rained
very hard on the day of the death of
Mrs. STeariDsen, in the aiternson- Mr..
Conrad was expected TO be there that
day, by me, and we did expect him there
on the previous Wednesday-one mere
hand besides myself Some of the
stumps that had rotted out were some
smaller aud some larger. AIy brother
had rented the farm aud ! was working
for him. | was there on the morning
Swehringen took the girl away. l al
miti told Reid and Sprigg a f%alsehood-
we told them that we did not see Swear
ingen. The reason | told Sprigg and
Reid ! did not see Sw%earingen that
morning, was because | was afraid of
being summoned to Cont. On Mon
day of the death | left the house