The Sun. — 1860-10-08 (London, England)

THE TVAKEFIPI,I) POISONING CASE.  TERMINATION OF THE INQUIRY. AGBRIGG, SATURDAY. The adjourned inquiry into this mysterious affair was resumed at one o'clock this afternoon, at the  Graziers' Arms, Agbrigg, before T. Taylor, Esq., Honorary Coroner. The following fresh evidence was produced.—  The Rev. Father Young—l produce the following two letters written by me for Miss Adamson. " Sandal, Aug. 14. " Sir,—As Miss Francis Adamson may now be considered to be on her death-bed, she desires me to write and ask you if it would be convenient to send £5O immediately, and, in the remittance, to state what money remains in your hands. She also requests you, in case of her death, to send the re_..  mainder io the Reformatory, Loughborough. •' Mr. J. Golding, Liverpool." The second letter referred to some family arrangements.  Sarah Stringer, mother of the prisoner, examined—l am a widow, and reside at Dirtcar. My daughter Emma resided with the deceaSed for above two years in the capacity of domestic servant. On the morninc, of Miss Adamson's death I went to her house witht'a cart and box, containing clean clothes. I occasionally washed for the deceased. The box in question contained clean clothes for my daughters, Emma and Matilda. Prior to it I had never been at Miss Adamson's since last winter, with one single exception, when I called at the door a fortnight ago, but I only saw my daughters upon that occasion. Upon the day of deceased's death both my sons were at her house, but I saw neither of them  .._ . writing. William cannot write, but James can a little. I heard no comments made respecting the  property of the deceased. I saw a written paper lying on one of the tables, which I took up and threw into the fire, upon learning from Emma that she had been with it to the priest for his signature, which had been refused. I will swear that I was never in aoy room any day when Mrs. Bateson was requested to write her name on any document whatever. All that went away in the cart was our own property. I do not remember telling Mr. Fernandes, the attorney, that the deceased had left a will prepared by proper attorneys. Matilda Stringer, one of the sisters who were accused of aiding and abetting in the capital charge, was next examined, but nothing particular elicited, except the admission that she (the witness) drew up the document purporting to be a will of Miss Adamson's. It will be recollected that at a previous examination a witness, namEd Hannah Bateson, distinctly swore that one of the prisoner's brothers drew up the document. James Stringer, the brother alluded to, was also examined, but he positively declared that he first saw the document in his sister Emma's hands. He did ask Bateson to sign it, but that was all. Edward Hoyle, broker's assistant, proved removing all the goods from off the shelf in the kitchen the day before the sale of Miss Adamson's effects, but saw no packet of any kind. This is the shelf on which a man found a packet of arsenic on the first day of the sale. The Coroner then briefly summed up the evidence, pointing out the distinction between murderers of the first and second degrees, and also between circumstantial and direct evidence In the present case it was clear that the deceased had been poisoned, and the only question was who administered it ? The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder.