The New York herald., 1870-03-01
syn LANES ALpERsoN's EvIDENcn.

sIR LANES ALDERSON'S EvIDENCE.
Sir James Anderson gave evidence as W the pro
gress OF the bodily symptoms OF distemper In Lady
Mordaunt. and said he had perceived ABOUT ner
peculiar atmosphere when ae ,so ~ pe.aH
ned to hcr failure or memory anu ncI innmiiy W
keep up anything ike conversation. lie GER.
tany drew the inference that she was OF unsound
mind. -
Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Ballantlne-Wit-
repeated his belief In the peculiar atmosphere
he had referred 10 as being characteristic OF insan
y, and added that by that atmosphere NO Deneveu
ne could almost dtscove: INSANITY III 'nc uaiA'
MIR. Sergeant Ballantine-You have never acted
upon that, have your tLaugnter.)
SIR JANIS SIMPSONS EVIDENCE.
Sir James simpson deposed that ne saw Lacy MOT e.
daunt IN April ana also last saturday; tnat ass
Saturday he found ner perfectly insane on tnat oc-
casion he was with her from an hour ana naii 70
Sa no m W her aane he naG con-
versaton with her; she never gave anytning
like rational answer to any questions Isls tnas
were put to her; when he was 0avnR she asked
him when he would send her up iron Eoln0urgl
"the book and glass Jar, aud the new footman ne
been said OF anything OF kind; that was one OF
the various symptoms OF arrangement whlcn Sne
'' saw her some ten n months before he advised her
father, SIR Thomas MoncreiYe to send her away aud
get her placed under proper treatment, nus BELIEF
insane; he tSir James SIMPSON, had seen great
many cases OF puerperal insanity, and his opinion
OF Lady Mordaunt IRON all he had seen OF her, was
that she was utterly insane.
Cross examined-Sir James Simpson said he was
inclined to believe that the ladys insanity began at
her confinement. With regard TO the proposal to
send her away to be placed under proper treatment,
her father had said that It had been suggested 70 him
that II he were to send her away 1t was as mncn AZ
TO confess that she was guilty.
In answer TO the Judge. with reference TO the rea-
Sir James simpson said the organ diseased gave a
type to the insanity and In the present Instance the
delusions were most llkely TO refer to sexual maj
terS.
DOCTOR GULL'S EVIDENCE.
DR.. Gull saw Lady M0rdaunt at Belgrave square IN
May and subsequently at other places; he had spent
Ave or SIX hours with her on six or seven different
occasions ana he had been much struck by the
could not ind that she mad any mental COM
prehension at all IN the true sense OF the Words
ne had questioned aea IN every w way ,e even
OF it, but he could find that even that made the
least impression on her mind; she scarcely ever
spoke as much as o couple OF sentences consecu-
lively; he asked her, with reference to her unfortu
nate position what she Thought mad best be done IN
the matter and her reply was that dose OF castor
oil would put it ali right: that fair specimen
or what he had with regard to the unfortunate
ady's mental condition; the last time ne saw her
was about three weeks ago, ana the conclusion he
came to was that she was incapable IN nina.
Cross.examined by Mr.. Sergeant Ballantine-Wlt-
ness said that the symptoms he had observed had no
special reference TO puerperal insanity they might
refer to any tnsanty among the symptoms ne might
mention that sometimes Lady Mordaunt would SUD
denly start up from her seat and sometimes SIT down
| on the noor Shown three bank checks drawn 0y
| Lady Mordaunt between April and December last
In the laSL Oh tuese CucChSl uqtCu JISytnUoi 0oJ
the sum In figures was not inserted, and there were
some slight irregularities about the others; bat on
the whole he thought they were very reasonably
drawn; he admitted that the first two checks did ap
pear somewhat Inconsistent with the idea OF insanity
| In answer to the Judge witness said ne believed
the strongest proof he could give to show thai Lady
MOrdaunL was not shamming was the uniformity OF
her state to which he had already referred, as It
appeared him on all the occasions or MS vlsts
He thought IL person were trying TO put on in-
sanity there would be signs OF nervous agitation,
but, although he had taken pains to test ner ner-
bad md hnr
agitation.
DOCTOR BURROWS EVIDENCE
DR.. Burrows gave somewhat similar evidence,
and said he had come to the conclusion that Lady
Mordaunt was suffering from denaestid.
DOCTOR REYNOLDS EVIDENCE
Dr. Reynolds also visited the lady at different
times At first he had been In very considerable
doubt as to her actual condition. thinking possibly
the symptoms she betrayed might be traced 20 ordl-
nary causes arising from her confinement; IN the
second place. he asked himself whether they could
be acc ounted for by slmuation; but ultimately he
had ONE to the conclusion that the lady was suffer-
Ing from denentta. He believed 1t was no sham
ming. but real insanity.
At thls stage the court adjourned for the day.