The Express. — 1865-07-07 (London, England)

TRIAL OF DR. PRITOBAID.  EDINBURGIII, AMY 1. The noun met again this morning at 10 o'clock, and preseeded with the wider, tee the &few, which °emelt two ham.  Dr. Michael Ilsylor, of Omitsle, heather ef the Me Hrs. Prttehard, and me of Mrs. Tighe, gave masses as to hie baring advised ids sister to got a sums after his nestbses death, and his mote objecting to get one, blew* she did not las wimps about her. John Dimon ass of the gsatesrs of Daman Plaiehara and 04, chimeista, lidisburgh, proved that his Ina bad been in the habit of esiling frequently a bottle of Batthy's sedative moieties to a paws who asked tacit inthename of Dr. Pritchard. lie ales gave Mimes to the effect, that his Arm dimmed ia their retell trade sot We than half a plies or 80 ewers ct Phwebsgb tincture of aconite is pear, and that be vea7 freqnsatly made up preeeriptioes of kW en teases in a nazism Hs would ad madder it of msaseml if a medieal loan ware to get se cease at a time from then. Is  be mid thorn win no antimony or timmilit is Ibn Illslllsys elation white they sold, and it Iron pliktiMilmillik flaw no del sat lato tilmeidentmily cm Moir  Thomas Fairylem, chemist sod druggist, Edinburgh, proud that he had atom sold bottles of &Pkg.* foltitifs to Mn. Taylor, and that be sold two MOOS of this to ldtu. Taylor cm 29th Juarary, and soother two ceases oa 4th February, 1866. In the course of a year he sold in his dispelling retail Madams about fifty moms of nominee Madame of aerobe, and be bad seeds up prescalptkins cum Mining two clause of Plegoines timetera of mambo tor a liniment. In erosommadastira be asidharnight sell shout two or three ounces of tutu meat I. a year. James Thimmisse. °somata+ 44.11, sold ho bad bees i• the habit of purchesiag Batilry's solution from Doric Flockbart sad QM, fir Mn. Taylor, la the same of Dr. Pritchard, and had bought a bottle of the solutios for her the night bsfore Mn.. Taylor +ti► to Glasgow Mamedistely prmsdlog ber • Two whams@ spoke to somulting Dr. Pritchard for SEW Moos in the ear, end (MMg honks from Dr. Pritchard is his cononlidng room. Om of the witoomee yroduned the bottle ortikdi Dr. Pritchard bad gives bin, but the prisoner's mussel mid be had so denim that its matentashould be *famine% and it woo ordamd to Ile as the table of the emit.  Maim Pritchard, the eldest son of the prisoner, U years of age. sad Jam Freaked, his daughter, 14 jean of ego, were examined very briedy, theme semis' that his papa and mamma lived very happily together, and were very food of one mother ; sued the daughter Bayles that her grandmarsaia sad paps Wife very had of each other. The primer was much affected while his &Mins were tinder maminatios. The dolicitor•Oenend then addressed the jury for the proinention. Hs west over the medial evidence sail the history of the ems, contending that it bad bees clearly proved that both the ham had died of poises. and that however they came by that poison, neither the one nor the other took it wilfully. It ems also clear that as the poisos suet have bus tabs is repeated doses It mold sot have been takes by amidst, as the idea of suicide sad the idea of accident were both out of the vendee. The jury were shut up to the cosiduake that merder had been committed is both mem He showed that the caly two persons who bad mew to thedecsased ladies, sad bed say • opportunity to perpetrate the murder, were the primmer sad the emervast.girl Mary WLeod. He argued that the gradual poisoning of the wife could sot have bees dose by • girl of 17, sad that is Ms saner. of the minder they mold almost detect the Sager of a doctor. He ',teed the feels brought out is *riders as Mowing that the primmer had the mesas sad opportasity of committing the murder, dwelling especially upon his dropping the eager into the snap which made the servant and Hrs. Pritchard sick. As to the ors of Hrs. Taylor he maintained that her death wee clearly due to the aconite width had been inked with Bsttley's solution, sad that the evklesee left so room to doubt that the primmer bad pat the aconite lei the bottle. He emoluded by asking a verdict of guilty. Mr. Clarks seat addressed the jury for the prisoner. He . pointed out that the prosecution bad not bow able to assign , say motive for the centsemion of the mimes charged against the priemer. He reenladed the jury that they could sot apes probabilities or maphionsleaely, bat ="preof. The prosecutor melt prove by evidence that It was Dot Mary II lead, orsome one else is the homes, that administered the pekoe, sad It wee sly by showing that It was sot Yaarryy Mimed that he scald bring the Morns home to theMpiioser. Alter noticing the midair°, as to the cirmunetasms etteoding the name and death of the two ladies, he meintabseel that the pre.seusisu had sot bees able to tress one case of poisesiag to the prisoner's Made. Is every use of the cams Huy Wlesed visa censeraed. All that the BolioitorAerasesl • Maiatalsred was that there wan but two proms who mold *iamb the crime, the prisoner sd Mary leLecad, sad yet,.. without adds" Mary Mleod whether she put anything la Me food, the 'my one asked to believe that she as est guilty , sad therefore that the prisoner was guilty.