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borhood was so rcputed, employed him to cure

AT Gen.-And did he do it?
WH-No sir; she grew worse under -h
management; and what was worse than all, sh
took TO very hard drinking; and miserable lit
- | had Of it for time Besides the bill for hi
!, services was very heavy; several hundred dol
- lsrs for medicine and attendance but shoul
. not have minded that, had he not made nv wit
J. 4 drunkard At length my eyes were Gpenec
: and forbade him coming to my house so h
!: did not call on me- for several years, and in thu
II lime my wife became sober woman again.
s All. Gen--Do you now consider him as hav
" ing just claim to the possession Of such medica
q. powers!
d llh-No, sir, do not: am satisfied tha
II none but quacks would give him Il certificate t
n that effect; at least that is my opinion. ...
r Az Gen.-Havc you any children
, WM-lcs, sir, three sons had Il daughter
= once but she, poor girl, is dead.-(Ilc rccps)
An. Gcn-Wilness, am truly sorry 10 dis.
tress an aged man and father, but the demands
, of justice arc imperious and though painful,
trei ii my duty to inquire more particularly about
your family. Are your sons grown to years of
discretion!
HM-Ihcy are grown to years of manhood,
sir, but as for discretion, do not think they
manifest much of it; they are very rude young,
HS'' lHouS'i atH sorry 10 say IL.
AA. Gen.-Do they keep at home and attend
to business?
Hu-No, sir, the two eldest are very seldom
ut home, and when they are, sometimes wish
them away. Indeed, sir, they are no comfort
TO me.
An. Grn.-Where do they spend their time
IVh-At the public house, sir, in company
with the prisoner; drinking gambling, and horse
racing.
tin. Gcn.-Do they ever come home iutoxi-
| Gated?
NH.-Ies, sir, much oflener than they do
sober: and then they abuse Inc and their moth
er, and throw the whole family into great confu-
sion and distress
an GcM-Did you ever see the prisoner fry
ing to persuade them to 60 to the public house
WI have, sir, many times. In fact, he !
does it every day almost and then they have |
become so attached to his company, that it seems !
TO me sometimes they cannot live until he is
with them.
All Gcn.-Did you ever use any means to
endcavor to reclaim them from their vicious
course
HM-Alas, yes, sir; have prayed and en-
treated them to have some respect for my gray
hairs. and not bring them down to the grave
with sorrow: but all my remonstrances have
had no effect; and they always ridicule and jcer
me.
An. Gcn.-You spoke of daughter who is
dead She was dutiful and ohedcnt, and kept
no company with the Pri,oGsT; presume. =;
but il is not She WAS scluced by the pri-o-
ner when he was attending upon her mother. i
and died 4 poor creature, before she was twenty 8
years of age. ,
AZ. Gc".-Do you know any thing of the
other matters charged in the Indictment! I
HH.-Not from personal knowledge. :
An. G"n.-I have done with the witness for t
Le present.
CroSs-crdminatior. c
AnimM .Appefitc Counsel for defence. You ' '
ai,l MIR. Ea>ymind, that Mr.. Alcohol, my client,
vas frequently guest at your father, in his i.
lifetime. Did not your father regard him as
cry valuable acquaintance! :,
WI cannot say; suppose he did, or he y
ronld not have associated so much with him. =
An. Ap.-Did you ever hear him complain of q q
ny misconduct in Mr.. Alcohol! >,
Vii cannot say that ever did; do not a.
nk ever heard him complain. !,
an. Ap.-Was he not medically employed -
lany Years in your fathers family: and did not :,
our father esteem him very highly in that ca h h
acv. ~
Willie was employed by my father for a .,
reat number of years; but he did cure him. fur y. r.
An tn-You .,;d no mn, cI;ort r,odo rorr
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Wn-WelI. sir. know ;his. that whom u'
,arred her, she had no relish for intoxicating
qnor, not even wine but when our eldest chilj III
as born, the prisoner was sent to visit her and I'll
le only thing administered was some slronr
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