The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-11-24
Trial for Murder In New jersey.

| Trial for Murder In New jersey.
COURT OF OYER AND TERMNRR, HUDSON COUNTY
Before Chief Justice Greene, Justices Van Wrinkle
6rinhth, Cooper and Garretson, associates
TRIAL or MARGARET pEvINE FOR THE MURDER OF JESSxr
MacKSIoHT POISON.
SECOND DAY.
Nov. 22-The Court organized at nine O'Clock, upon
which the names Of the jurors were called over and
the trial proceeded with.
James Trap, the brother of deceased, sworn and
examined for the prosecutionIs the brother Of the
deceased found the paper with the label, On which
written arsenic poison produced in court yes
terdsy he found it Tuesday the 9th of July last
about seven o'clock In the morning; witness at
his sisters funeral; 1t was on the "a July; the de
ceased and her husband resided In the house which
she died eighteen months or two years witness
the habit Of going there occasionally they kept sale
ratus in the house in small bottle; never knew Of
deceased using salsratus but in bread; never hesrd
that there was any ground of complaint against the
prisoner before
cution-Lives at Harsmus Is the man who was at
Meningitis house on the morning Of the lat July;
prisoner followed witness to Mr.. Beckers house, to
hurry the witness the second time witness sent
Was not at MscKnights house the Sunday before Mrs
about the house the prisoner seldom eat with witness
and the other man; did net see Mrs Mcknight until
after be sent for from his work Monday morn
ing: prisoner said that morning that she was 40
well she could not milk the cows, but in hour af-
terwards she did milk them
The case for the prosecution here rested
Mary Miller sworn, and examined for the defence
lie the wife of Hugh Miller the prisoner to wit
wt,,s.s was az hnms ths sunday ,,orn;ns ar go
down from Mack nights and asked Hugh Miller to get
the srsenic here the witness detailed the converse
ON The nysceding d.y, doss NOT knox nov n,,,.h
money the prisoner had when che came to witnesses
house
Margaret Msgee examined for the defence nows
the prisoner lett Glasgow in April last and arrived in
s.hsr vn se hsr 10 "a shin tSs;r 1
coming to this country was 70 earn living ~
Ahrabsu p - ~ ~ ssr;nsa for tn asfapca Krow.
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ri, p.;, 49, - H. - 80. 80 :. q, -, s. 81
mssKn,obt Ths wIsne,s vas s~sminsd ~ .nn,.
iana,h 81 70 ~ ,o.siitv AZ NIX rih,,s hor" ~
.bny That from tbs lone situs,on a, ,ha bonss ~
Pe.,on mIo ~. took .ne % o sns mish.
mtban Ssing winch 'hs
Doctor Title examined Tor the deiehce-Has been
@ s snu IN ,of some s pro
in the other arsenic Witness said they were much
alike that one might be mistaken for the other; sale
rstus is frequently used TO make tea draw, or, in
other words extract more readily the juice from
the leaves.
Letters from a Clergy man and others In Scotland,
thsn put in and read by consent to her pre-
vous good character Those letters spoke highly Of
her moral character before she let her country
After this testimony, the for the defence
closed and counsel commenced summing up for the
defence
1ney feneu principally on the Iact tbet IL was not
proved that deceased died by poison Doc.
Tor Chiffon, who Gnalzed the stomach testified that
after the laborious iuvesligaton he only found
the hundredth part Of grain of arsenic and chat
five tmes that quantity Is Tres aently administered to
patients In the course OF day, without injury.
And tecondly, there was no evidence that the body
e1bumed and nom which the stomach taken,
that OF Mrs. Mack night. There no person,
present AT the nrst inteIhent present III the exnu-
NATION, except Dr ocott aud ne eandidy stated that
he eould not ldertify the body And thirdly, there
no sNuesee tnst tne prisoner put IN" arsenic IN
the teapot
hiur prisoner q counSel nsd coneluaeu oeb. "nsht
mao az abe address 10 10 tine jury on the part Oh the
prosecnion -.
he ShieI JSshee tnen ensrgsa the Jury aver re-
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