The Manchester Examiner. — 1848-02-01 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

HUSBAND POISONED BY HIS WIFE.— W. Howells, a farmer in the parish of Llanwellen, died on the 10th of November last, but at that period no suspicion was entertained that he met his death otherwise than from natural causes. Subsequently to his burial his wife and man-servant conducted themselves in a manner which excited suspicions, and various persons living in the locality, knowing that the deceased died without being attended by any medical person, were not slow in charg,iug the wife and her male servant with having murdered the deceased. These charges came at length to the knowledge of Mr. Coroner Hughes, and assumed such a shape that that gentleman considered it necessary to hold an inquest. Accordingly, the husband's grave was reopened for the purpose of making a post modem examination of the remains, and on Friday the 7th instant, a respectable j ury met the coroner at the lianbury Arms, Llanwellen. The inquiry wa's adjourned, and the court was re-opened on the 14th, when, and upon several subsequent adjournments, the following evidence was adduced: Jane Morgan, a servant to the deceased said that her master enjoyed gond health up to the 9th of November last. He had some apple dumplings for supper that night, , and shortly afterwards went to bed. The last dumpling he ate his wife helped him to, which she split up the middle, ' and put what she thought was sugar and milk upon it. The deceased, about ten o'clock, was seized with vomiting and purging, with excruciating pain, and he continued in that state till twelve o'clock the following night, when he died. After the death, her mistress slept in the same room with the man servant, named James Price. Witness and her mistress occupied one bed, and the man the other. She heard her mistress one night whilst in bed tell Price to "come and warm her back," and she had frequently known of their being in the bedroom together for two or three hours after witness , got up. Shortly before deceased died, her mistress said it was no odds if she gave him a fatal dose. After the body was exhumed, she said, "it will be better for me to stand my ground, cud then I shall dot be suspected so much." She also said to witness, "If anything is found in his stomach, you will be hung, because you made the dumplings."—Mr. Steele, surgeon, who had made a post mortent examination of the body, proved that deceased had died from the effects of arsenic. He found a large quantity of that poison in a very limited portion of the stomach.—Edward Evans, al druggist, identified the wife as having purchased a pennyworth of arsenic at his shop about the time deceased expired. Mary Howells, the wife, having been duly cautioned by the coroner, denied having purchased arsenic.—John Davis, the registrar of the district for births, &c. said that J. Price applied to him for a certificate of burial. Having described the manner he died, witness refused to grant the order, and he advised him to apply to the coroner, as it would prevent ulterior proceedings.—Thomas Davies, a labourer, said he had been in the service of Mary Howells about seven weeks. On Tuesday last he went up stairs to change his trousers. Price accompanied him to the room, when lie told witness to shake the gown of the first witness. Ile did so, but nothing fell out. Price then told him to put his hand into the sleeve, which he did, and found is brown paper parcel. He declined to -open it, because he thought it looked very suspicious that Price should tell him to shake the gown and not do it himself. He called his mistress up, and she exclaimed, "Here is the poison—that girl has done it !"—The coroner, having summed up, left the case in the hands of the jury, who returned a verdict of "Wilful murder against Mary Howells, the widow of deceased, anti James Price, her servant ;" upon which they were both committed for trial at the next assizes.—London paper.  DON'T Cnusrt.—" Sir, if you are capable of making an accurate interpretation of a lucid signification, you will not approximate so nearly to me in this crowd." "And if you can speak simple English, spit it out and don't choke."— Boston Chronolype.