Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-05-18

IT, will he remembered that upon the trial oil
Mrs. Mary Hunting. it was made to appear on
the part of the prosecution, that only three days
before her husbands death, she had purchlsea
quantity of arsenic. As tie death was cietiiy
shown to have been caused by arsenic, the iac' OF
this purchase, was of course u strong circ'il'
stance AGAINST the prisoner. Her own story III
oyrIono tinn was. that Rheinman had asked, her
TO purchase the arsenic telling her 1T was to ne
used IN sfuGiing birds; that she bought II openly
and without suspicion that it was to be PN6 U
ony other use than this, nor did she imeSino
tlat It mfght have been administered to hrr nus
hand. until ortar his death, RheinmNn endcaYI'-
o to prcvent her from disclosing the fact OF the
purchase. ,,,,
The testimony of DR.. Jacob Rcinhart, more
over. e,ho was one of the chief witnesses ,nr 1"'
prosecution. was Of u character II crchtet ny c"'
urv. to relieve the prisoner from the IN'erI'r-
ence against her drawn from TINS p1rcr1:e % I I
scnic immrdiatelv before the death Which sho
stood oocused of producing Or. Reinhart was
thc ,nvsician who was employed to MAKE tle
mast, uortcm examination of the deceased ne
was called hv the prosecution to TESTIFY as an eA
pcrt to the appearances presented upon Vhc ~"
tonsv.' lie testified to the condition OF the Nooy'
describing the appearances of intiamatl,h "'i'cI
were presented and the extent to which IL ma"
nreyniled; and cave 1t as his opinion that the "u-
ministratOn of arsenic so short time us ','i9o
dnvs before death could not have produced 80
much inflammation as was observed. Oh INC con-
trorv. it was his belief that the poison must nave
Loon WORKING in the system at least two months
hef,re death. to have caused the appearances
nresented. This opinion tended strongly to Su3-
rain the theory of the defence, that the CRIME
must have been committed by some other mana
than Tint of the wife; and if accepted, quite up
set the inference of her guilt, SO fur as 1t was
drawn from the purchase she was shown u have
made.
The prosecution were, however, not satisfied
IN oh;de by this testimony. albeit OF their own
witness They called Professor Porter. a chem
FIST of distinction though not we belleve' largely
in nractice as a physician, ana puS 10 nim' ny az,
exnert. the question whether a rhySiciN" co"5u i
with any degree Of certainty determine mercy
from the appearances upon the autopsy, thepre-
cise nrfiod Of time at which inflammation, such as
Dr. Reirhart had described. was caused. Inc
doronce Objected to this question: but the Court
allowed it to be put, and the prisoner 8 counsel
excepted.
t. is understood to have been principally upon
this execution that Justice Wright has allowed
the writ of error and stay Of proceedings asked on
bob,Ir or the nrisoner II is urged by her coun-
sel that there is no precedent for allowing one
exnert to express opinion as to the ability OF
. fellow expert to form one lh't Ill no case c'''
Tho oninion of a professional witness be asked eS-
| con. thc question be one of skill and science -
Tbot the question put to DR.. Porter was not one
! or tb;s dasrription, but was question OF fact;
whether physician can have the ability OF means
/ ~ E,rm an opinion as to the cause oil given
state Of facts. This, it is urged, is entirely be-
Ind the limits within which the law allows the
Son;nions of professional witnesses to be asked:
/ Justice Wright expresses no decided opinion
,,ron the merits of this exception, but he thinks
/ and in our view. very iustlp, that the question
yaisai is of sufficient Importance to entiuc the
rrisoner to be heard upon it, in addition to th'
rtber exceptions taken in her behalf before the
General term. The enormity OF the cr'me charG
ed does not strengthen feeble proofs OF guilt lie
accor,iinrly allows the writ, with an accompany
;ng stay of execution 1t is probable that the
] cause NAV be argued in error during the coming
May Terra
Meantime the true friends of Governor Morgan
will have reason to be glad tha the annals OF oul
State arc not for the present at least, 10 be dis
craced by the hanging of . woman, who ho~e!e
9uilty in other things, may quite possibly be IN
noeent of the crime for which she now lies unde1
sentence Of death.-IAies.
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