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lJs The following extraordinary repor; we find iu the N. 0. Picayaae of the 6th inst: The Pois1sing Case.--l,ae exannnation of M'nle yictonne Roussell, charged with poisoning her husband, Charles Roussel, tailor, living on s. Charles street, was commenced yesterday after noon at , o'clock, before Recorder Caldwell NIT. Robert Preaux appeared for the accused ! IL was proved the part of the prosecution that on the night of the 30th March last, the ac eused came to the house of MT. Martin and told hun that her husband had taken poison Martin went wItk her to see her husband and found him : lying down, and asked him why he had poisoned hImSelf He said he could not answer. A doc tor soon after came in with another man, when the deceased said, ''l am lost, l am poisoned '' Medicine was procured and administered to him Afterwards a taiior and shoemaker came in, and the tailor asked the deceased how 1t happened. He said as was customary, that he and his wife had had difficulty that hts wife had in her pos session some arsenic. She told him that she loved him, asd he said let us prepare dose of arsenic, for each of us, and die together. She accepted inc proposition, and said she was tired of life. fwod0SeS were then prepared by the deceased. He took up ons of them and made some objections, when hlS wife told hIn he was coward and dared not dnnk it. He then immediately drank oil the portion. The accused sad that she had procured the arsenic some time sInce for rats Al, ter the deceased drank the poison. he sad he told htS wife to go away, and that ln a few hoars sh would be free. The deceased came to this coun- try Is months ago. and, sf late, appeared to be out of his mind. He frequently came to the house ot Martin, and sad he would not live with bis wife, and that he was unhappy. He had ire qaently expressed his intention 10 destroy himself and would go without food for seven eight days. He sad that his wife pretended to talk I'll her sleep, and say that she had other lovers.
 An apothecaIy proved that al the tune the de- ceased was m France, the accused came 10 his store and purchased five cents worth of arsenic, which was sufficient 10 kill two persons.
 Capt. Porno testified that on "Wednesday week last there had been a quauell between the de ceased and the accused who had come to hlS office and complained of her husbands treatment. She was much bruised, and sad her husband had put her out of doors.
 There were no witnesses for the defence.
 The Recorder sand that Ire knew Of no statute which punished an accessory to the crime Ot sui eide, and ordered the accused 10 be discharged
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