The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-11-28

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then gone in search of her.
My daughter requested that the Doctor
should attend in her sickness She told me
she had taken cold and there was a sup
preston of the menses. so informed the
Doctor. He said he could help as he had done
in sevetgl cases, but Il always took him
some time. He named case whice he had
relieved. aH
He said 'when Elizabeth returns she will
speak Tor herself" She was "a years of
age on the oath or 25ih July We got a
letter from Elizabeth after she had got to
Guntons She had been sick for some time
before the Doctor was called in. DR.. Robi-
son had been called in but once only.
Mrs. Mary Higgs swo,n. lThis witness
was present at the interview bet ween Mrs.
Smith and the Doctor after the return of the
latter, and corroborated the evidence OF Mrs.
Smith anil added II is between two and
three years since the Doctor moved int O
Providence. He doctored there before while
he lived in Arlington. He lived in Abingdon
years ago. Mrs. Smith told me to send
him 10 visit her daughter. told him 10 go
10 Smiths. He said he was busy that day,
and on Monday was going away. said
then go down tonight. He said "Is it the
Smiths opposite GrifIins." I said eyes"
have beenfubpeonaed on both sides--by
the Commonwealth first.
Here followed large mass of medical
testimony by Doctors Scott, Hill, Hawkins
and Updegraf, as 10 the nature and effects
of savin, and upon the question whether the
contents of the vial with the glass cork was
savin. The purport of all was that savin
cannot 10 a certainty be distinguished from
the other essential oils which are of the
same class and iSomerie or composed of the
same ultimate elements. These isomeric
oils are cedar, pennyroyal, turpentine, iuni-
per, &c. About the only way of detecting
these oils is by taste and smell, though DR..
Hawkins thought mixture might be anal
yzed for something like 500. Analysis
would not determina!e ,chich of the essential
oils there was in the vial, nor how much of
each if they were isomeric, though ii could
be told whether substance not is omeric
with them was in the mixture.
Savin was testified to be powerful men,
agogue, and though not deadly poison,
would generally produce death when given
in large doses. Exceptions TO this rule were
uIv tuh fol in, fha
course of "a hours without producing either
abortion or death. The medicine is not in
general use by physicians for any purpose,
although several of them thought there
mia hit be cases in which its use would be
permitted. 1t also appeared from the Doc
tors testimony that fernal with Miss Smiths
symptoms might be deceived as TO the ma
ture of her complaint, and that in such ca
ses the physician might also be deceived.
Mr.. Bancroft opened for the Defendant,
and as the strongest point in his case urged
that Miss Smiths disease was suPpressio
mensis for which DR.. Crandall had given her
the proper remedies. He also urged that the
case could not be tried in Columbia county,
as the alleged offence was consummated in
Montour county, and the prisoner was enti-
tied 10 an impartial trial by a jury of tho Vi
cinage.
Doctors Ramsay and Thornton Of Lewis
burg were called. DR.: Updegraff testified
that Miss Smith had described to him the
place where the child was buried in corn
field, and that upon subsequent examina-
lions in that and two other cornfelds by him
and or other persons it was not found
There was. however, rain between the time
he received the information and when, he
made the search.
Ralph p. CfanaaA sworn II reside in the
town of Greene, Chenango CO. N. Y. l re-
sided there in July last. saw the Doctor
IN the latter part of July. Il think the 2sth)
at my fathers house. was present at an
interview between my brother and man
named Haines, by the side of the road about
a mile from his fathers houser They con.
versed about business. Mr.. Haines resides
in Pine Creek in this state. The Doctors
father in.law resides in Green. know that
my brother and Haines had considerable
business together 10 or IL years since. They
were in partnership and the business has
not been closed up believe. Haines ORR
ginally lived in that county about 5 years a
go. The Doctor moved away 6 or years
ago. Haines had been there weeks before
my brother came The Doctors wife had
been sick. | served a subpoena on Haines
to attend this court He said he would be
here if possible. He is engaged in Lum-
bering at Pine creek, and at the last freshet
went to market with lumber.
AT this point Mr.. Comfy said that if he
had consulted his own feelings he would
have rested the case as soon as the fact came
in evidence thalthe alleged crime of DR..
Crandall was committed in what is now
Montour county. He thought that fact alone
constitutituted fnll defence upon this indict-
ment, and therefore the prisoner here rested
his case.
Mr.. Hurley then commenced the argu-
ment of the catse on the part Of the Com
monwealth. Upon the question of juris-
dction, he referred to the provision of the