The Sun. — 1827-09-14 (London, England)

MURDER.  Mary Witienback,4;i7i, stood indicted for the wilful murder of her husband, Frederick Wittenback, on the 21st July, by administering arsenic to dam m a pudding. Mr. ADOLPHUS appeared for the prosecution. He demanded merely a fair consideration of the case; the prisoner had been the wife of the deceased for about twenty years, by whom she had had three or four children, one of whom was now about 19 years of age, and all were comfortably provided for, though the deceased had been a labouring man. On Saturday the 21st, the deceased went to his home to every person apparently in good health at about noon ; soon afterwards he became ill after having partaken of some pudding, avid died the same night. The prisoner had also partaken of it but she was recovered.  Amelia Davis.—l am the wife of James Davis, a scale-maker, No. 26, Brill-place, Kentish-town ; I knew the deceased and the prisoner; they lived together in my. house; they were husband and wife; they had three daughters, two married and one worked out the house ; I remember on Saturday the 21st July, the deceased coming home to dinner at ten minutes past twelve ; he appeared then jn perfect good health ;at about half-past twelve the prisoner came to me and brought a piece of pudding on her plate, she said Wittenback was very ill ; she said he thought he was poisoned ; she asked me if I thought there was any thing in it. I then went down stairs, and when I came up again, I entreated her to go down to her husband. The prisoner said she could not, for she was as bad as he was. I said I thought you said you did not eat of it ; she said she had eat of it, while I bad been down stairs. I said—what, eat it, when you said your husband was poisoned ! She then said, I was a liar. She said she had never said she had poisoned him at all. I asked her to go down stairs; she went and then she came up again. I saw the deceased at this time ---- coming up stairs. He appeared to be very bad indeed ; he could scarcely crawl up stairs. The prisoner was present, and could hear very plainly what passed. I said, 0 " Mr. Wittenback, what's the matter ?" The husband was nearest to me, though the prisoner was present; the house is very small. The prisoner was sitting on a chair near to the door in her own room, and that door was close to me. —She was about two yards from me. I was on the landing, and he was coming up the stairs ; there are but very few steps. He said, " 0 Mrs. Davis, lam very bad, I think I am poisoned ;" he thought he was cone 7or. w4s all that passed then. I saw the prisoner several times after that. I saw her directly he was put into bed. When he came up stairs he went to bed. I saw the prisoner first after this still sitting on a chair near her room; the room in which the prisoner was in bed. She said they were very bad, that they were both poisoned, and she lay down in bed. I saw him afterwards trying to get out of bed to go down stairs. My husband went for Mr. Jackson, and I believe an assistant of Mr. J.'s came with my husband, and who administered an emetic. My husband asked Mr. Wittenback if he should go for a doctor, when he was down stairs vomiting, and he said be did not care if he did. I saw the deceased again at about a quarter before four o'clock. Tie requested me to rub his legs, which were in great pain. Mrs. Saunders and his youngest daughter were present then. Charlotte, the daughter, went for Mr. Dillon. I bad proposed fetching Mr. Walford, but the prisoner objected to that, because of his charges being high. I said I had no doubt but her father would pay him if he got better. He was not sent for. Charlotte went and brought two gentlemen. I was not in the room again till about seven o'clock in the evening. He was then taking some pills. I believe the deceased and the prisoner did not live exactly on very good terms. At the time the prisoner brought in the pudding to me, she said it was a suet one. I asked where she bought the flour, and she told me at Smith's. _ _ _  Cross-examined by Mr.