The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-04

cher The jury would not forged. however, that tue
lstter he wrote 10 biz wife sased ihas could mot
required his MEDICAL aid Hs then proceeded with evil
9ence and said appeared from tho evidence OF Mrs..
Who n.s.sa !. mia a - ,eS nef a as
hlnseH. and on the 9th Of December no contracted AZ
oner marriage with tho deoeascd and on the 18th hsle
peared that no.ns more waa heard o. me prsssss asG
the deceased until they toos ub slsr ABODE q Richmond
place % long back the year iS2s, stun there ooaid
n %s. 90 any reasonable doubt that tho lady
WY. sa ~ Mnom me prisoner vas living q Ras srrsss
w. tne same person TO whom he was married IL thss
~ uo sost was Certainly important ingredient In
me nness Of tbs deceased % asye
mSnd and the prisoner appeared g have dssoqbsa 4 =
s.d ss undoubtedly appeared DESTROYS q
In consequence Hh ordsnc sn AZ yanus W. s..ise
the lodgings at Richmond the psisox a. .ns 49, y.
vim ,ns n,sn sao may were necessary conneosa
prisoner had ample means 70 provide pro ar .tssnd.n
for the deceased the jury would consider What
because he did mot wish to have vitnsSs 49, -.
BEDROOM Was this the pisoner's object, Hs al o.y
hcr visiting ssser rhe reason the rrssds
gave Tor Iot having nurse that he could not sor1
when q THIS very time the deccased lady had a
income Of ego year, and surely portion OF that
might have been expended upon the comfort q the de-
ceased Also appesrsd that no portion Of any q "
lowed TO remain was always thrown away 90 thss 20
person ever had an opportunity OF testing IL This We
their inference from H. It was fact In favor Or ~
prisoner that neither arsenic antmony found n
Tine %s % nor o. BE s but !. the ssss
TO the termnaonhe apprehension Of the prisoner tool
place on tho Moodsy, and on tho following day Nss
Of DEATH OF the deadly ingredient Vas reoured
His lordshp then referred to the evidence Of uss Bsnkcs
the sster OF the deceased extraordinary
sion OF the prisoner 70 her, that she would
be ali right" Al this interview tho Jury would also re-
AZ nastv sta nd hat ho
sister offered 70 make her some, the prisoner said
the mink had not COME; and when she proposed make
ground that II might offend the andady. The prisonsr
then il appeared, gave the decssssd ensfvssciog
the room 70 mix H. and that the moment she dsoossed
took she sick, and that upon his giving her rouo
appeared that the prisoner had taken evsry
meGps In bis power TO II seeing her
NOT the ruh why was MOI The sister informed On Tia c
OF April, when she allowed the decoased sesu
that she had made her will ON that morning, and wnas
could have been tho object Of the psoner Wahng shat
me young woman who witness the win should Dc
told that was some CoaDcery paper and that was
wS This deception woad have been pracdsed upoa her
II the straightforward attorney bad not insisted upon her
being told what sbe was signing These, II appeared him.
form their own conclusions upon The n his l6sdshlr ,Ses
observed upon the fact Of MISS Louisa Bsnkes being senk
away day before death occurred and said that
this fact very probably in connection with the
III that had just before been executed and from fear
hat toe deceased might a. the aat moment revoke Il in
the deceased but still IL feet In the case and must
be taken into their consideration He then referred 70
deceased she aid not vomt when food given to her
that ne said that parties about the deceased mad
thing or pay anything, although At this time he had .
considerable OF the deceaseds money at hid
bankers His ordahip then called the attention q The
jury TO the fact that the will, with the exception the
signatures, wac all In the writing OF the prisoner
and thai there was no evidence that had been da
oy bsrrister, ~ the prisoner had represented Hs
had now he believed, gone through what might be
called the pereonal history OF the parties, and the
next portion Of the csse would be the medical
his ofdshp then read the evidence Of Drs Julius and
Bird as 10 the symptoms Of the deceased and tho fact
have any good effect but on the contrary he distress
ing and painful ymptons went increasing, until at
Last me saSng conviction appeared e have forced .ssk
which the deceased lady suffering mot natural
one and hss the symptoms that were exhbitod not
rritant poison In some shape other It that
Of the witnesses who had been called for tie defence
had been spoken Of he should never have dreamed q
poison. But was not this most extraordinary state
ordinary symptoms in which medicines of every kind
and not ono Of them seemed 70 have had the slghse9
this witness was supposed 70 have formed the
Of poo and 6,s
iecty natural one. for the jury to Judge Of the
ysTe Of such testimony but he must that appeared
learned Judge then c.lea he attention Of the jury to the
under which the eva ,uaton obtained
by Dr. Bird and he said there could no doubt that he
had no! told the truth TO tho prisoner when Ia in
formed him that his object obtaining this matter Vas
to examine II under the microscope whether con-
tanned pus. Under almost every circumstance he truth
ought not to be departed FROM but there were occasions
when II was excusabe Dr. Bird Thought that he couId
not have effected the object he had In view. which was
tina. the evacuation should be analysed by Dr. Taylor
he bad told the prisoner what his real object Tha
ed with the first arrest OF the prisoner and said mat
although he did not blame the magistrate for eo Tlur
him to 20 large upon his own recoynizanoes whica
OF course was no fecurity at ALL still no could NOT
help observing that it afforded scope for this arrumens
that the magistrate thought lightly Of the charge that
be dismissed the prisoner without any securty He aid
nogo along with the learned sergeant who conducted tho
prosecution that lamentable the prisoner had been
opportunity making away with any poison that might
have been in his porsefson but there always this
self whole Of the Monday night and this fact should
be viewed 10 connection with the point that had been
urged on behalf Of the prisoner that poison Of any
jury should be satisfied that the deceased lady died OF
poison Of some kind or other and tha. this poison must
him. that the fact Of not finding any poison on
the prisoner Or under the control Of the prison.
es,. vas not Of e.. 20 much importance Tas Lord
dence would be tho post norton examination but he
shoud not 60 into that evidence at any length unless the
terest that he should do so. =. &
Sergeant Parry said that he certainly dssiro that
all the facts should BIO laid before the Jury.
The Lord Chief Baron then read evidence of the wit
who spoke to the appearances that presented them
selvea upon the post norton examination The wit.
ness whose evidence he referred TO Dr. Todd This
gentleman, he said, was man Of great emnence he had
an ample opportunity TO examine the deceased sec
the symptoms that were exhibited; and what tho
conclusion that he almost Immediately arrived ats Why
that the lady was not suffering from any known diseass
but from the exhibition OF an rritant poison.
II being now o'clock the Court and iury adjourned
for the purpose Of taking rereshment On their return
His Lordship again proceed with bis summing an and
observed tnst the whole OF medical men who had been
examined, who were all men Of experience in their pro-
enson conered 10 expressing the opinion that the syp-
toms exhibited by this unhappy lady were unlike those
Of any known diseane and were sscrbable 10 tho
administration OF an irrant p0non than any natural
disorder. His Lordshp then proceeded call The nten
ton OF the jury to the evidence Of Dr. Taylor. He said
that the counsel for tho prisoner bad made great deal
Of the mistake that was made ythss gentleman, and he
II WAS clearly mistake and that Il owing TO new
discovery in science that choTate Of poass would dissolve