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 THE BEIGHTO^ mmim CASE. 
 
 eioiis. Shonldih^^.."""'*?^^'^^'^*' <'"r tbe'LrriTrfiTV""^" *""" '"'parts ig 
 Central School. IL,'-Url '^''V.'P.O'^n.d to.cher„f i,!V."_ ..^P°" «btai,UQ» 
 
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 and wealth, when the events which led to his arrest took place. By those 
 who have known him, Dr. King is said to have been a pushing Srl.tic 
 young fellow Proud of his attainments, and possessing the gift of in" pi?'"? 
 
 S?1T'\*''' ^''i'^*^^* ^' '"'' ^''P^y lea,ned-an idea he was not Iw sf 
 inculcate- he was just the man to succeed in the profession he had chosen so 
 far as money makmg is concerned. He is d.-8cribcd, while in Brighton,a^ havine 
 J^!iV„l^f i*-PPk?'T°'' ''^ ''"^^il^ "'°''*' habits-regularly attending Church, 
 ?nWoT/" '"i"'^'"^*«*'- P'« "^"^'"^'^ *°d appearance are scarcely cal- 
 culated to produce an impression in his favour. He is about five feel six or 
 
 nr/?a!.f^'''"'^'?Vv.\''r'*'^''''.^''''^5 *'^'^''«'^ moustache and dark beard. 
 ^Irll r,"",* "/ *l** depcription which would lead persons to imagine its 
 ^rf.''*^i'''''T ^'^xrf gi'l'y of 80 terrible a crime as that of which he has 
 rffl Ti. ?^'"^- ^^l 7^^ •''■^ ^''^^' ''"d ^'« complexion rather sallow, but 
 Clear. The idea derived from conversing with him is tliat he would be by no 
 means backward in asserting either real or pretended claims ; and he has tbat 
 peculiar cast of countenance belonging to men who make themselves agreeable, 
 principally for purposes of gain. He ha- a quick way of looking at those 
 with whom he 18 confronted, as though ^' taking the measure" of his man. 
 During his confinement he received very flattering letters from gentlemen 
 both in the Umted States and in Canada, all bearing testimony to his good 
 character as a man and his ski^l as a physician. Among those who thus 
 wrote him were :-Messr8 J Bruce, A. M., Hamilton ; Alexander H. Laidlaw, 
 A. M.. Principal of the Monroe Grammar School, P, iladelphia ; J. H. Eld- 
 ridge, Principal of the Hancock Grammar School, Philadelphia : F. Smi'h 
 M. D., of Springvale, Hartford County, Maryland ; and J. H. Thomas, M. D.! 
 llul^lZ ^^^.?*'°™y "^"i^ Pbysiology, Medical College, Philadelphia. In the 
 year 1854, while at the Normal School, King married Miss Sarah Ann^Lawson 
 
 «lT^ii J*^?"i^''^'*i^° ^8° *' ^"'^»^^f, ofveryprepossecsingappear- 
 V? ^,' ^^".J^d'icated and of an exceedingly rcsprctable family. Report 'pLaks 
 highly both of herself and parents in every respect. Th- y own a larg - ftilS 
 about a mile fr m Brighton, upon which they reside, aifd have a family S 
 ^ur sons and two daughters. About twelve months after the marriage of 
 King with Miss Lawson, their first and only child was born. Previous to this 
 event it was suspected that Mrs. King was not well treated by her husband 
 wid under this impression, and to ensure all necessary attention, her parent^ 
 placed herunder their own roof during her confinement. Comp'aintshedisdain- 
 
 !Xn!i "aJ'V'"?'^^"i°8 '^^l^"'' *** '"^"'* ^^ ^^'■""g tJ^aQ to expose her husband's 
 •onduct. During her illness, however, the suspicions of" her friends w^re 
 more than confirmed. At this critical period, when the demanded the sym- 
 pathy of eveiy manly heart, she received letters of a very distressing character 
 from her husband in which he charged her with a want of ch ,stity. but beinir 
 expostulated with, he apparently repented of his cruel conduct; and asked 
 pardon of his wife in the most humble manner. That pardon being granted 
 M- wiT^"'* the return of the leUers he had written, and presented a pistol at 
 his brother-in law, Clinton M. Lawson, into whose possession they had come 
 upon his refusing to give them up. They were at length returned, hut not' 
 i!lTi!^7lt^ n"^ '"^^" taken-which copies might have been produced at the 
 trial had the Crown Prosecutor thought them necessary. Their child, happily 
 for itself perhaps, did not live more than three months. ^^^ 
 
 In Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. King kept boarders, and adopted the same 
 
 ^„'»^n PK-i°^Tl'"8,i''^''*T.?°'''"°^. ^^'^'^ •" Hamilton. While her husband 
 was m Philadelphia, Mrs. King resided with her parents. King was at Col- 
 lege durme the wintpp mnnths nnW nf ^a^K ^r.c ,r,.j le? *...?- ... . 
 
 S^.X'f'R •^'U^^^r; ^t"". ^^''^ ^"™"«'^^ h« ^^^S^^ i° various CommSJ 
 Schools of Brighton Township, and finally returned home in March. 1858, wnen 
 as already remarked, he commenced topractise his profession. There is evidence 
 
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 V sit at his house he becamracquahUcrSa^^^^ ^'"'"»"« 
 
 with her parents In Sidney about twntv,r,S n , yan<lL'rvoort, nniaina 
 by some l^be a good-looLg g r^ b, f S es SSr?/'« ^^•. ^\' '« *"°»«''^ 
 years of age, and is said to have bwn nrot^ w^ii 7^ f\^ '" ''''»'" '^onty 
 lady, Miss Dorcas Garrett also rMo?vp?i^f/ r^^ educated. Another younj 
 in the township J^^^ Mu mr eS of nr 'w ^\T ^^'- '^'"tf- «'•« HvJ? 
 her father, is^a nieX7'of h« S^'-^'^'''"'. J^^' Townsend Garrett, 
 of Hallowell tovvnshirPrnce Edward 'o^ntv'^ ^u""^'' '""^ « "'^""o 
 farm more than forty JWra ago. mZ Gamt? fs'abo^t f?"" '" ''''' I'^^"""* 
 Vandervoort. With both these younaladres i n^ nS *^V.""'" "«*' «« MIm 
 what transpii-ed before the corontS fnqu «" U wo^^d^nf ** '•:"«''«', '^"t'Vom 
 sharply checked the Doctor when tKSielrh *^ '^^S'''' ^^'** '*»" ^"f"^^ 
 bounds of nroDrietv Wo h,.<il„„* i P^ofitiona he made over-stoDncd tho 
 
 herself ia rEX s^to Scome hL S IT^ '"•^'^'''^ H' ««'^«'J heMoholS 
 livelong. It appeared too thalKiLTd'2^"^^^^^^^ tS 
 
 cated as the lady of a professional man Bhm,M»?° ^^l"^ '"■''' "^ *«" edu- 
 this defect, recommendcrher induce hJ^fSJorV/"*^'^^ '""^'' '« ''""°«Jy 
 was kind enough to point out the ?oS of atudv Z T*^, ^'' '" ''°^««'' ^^^ 
 proper rep y was retiimp,! tT, n. L j • /X^^^ ^^ should pursue. A verv 
 
 |.^o'atene§ K^oST^u or i ^^ZJ^S mffS' '" T?"^^ ^'"^ ^^''"'^ 
 like description. In the middle of OcTober Mrf ffi ?''''''' '"^^'J""^'" «'' » 
 her husband, it is said, having announced to hJl. .1^ 'r'"°" seriously 111 ; 
 much to her surprise hat «hf wnnM nf* i- ^'^ "^ ^\°^^ •''"o provloa«ly, and 
 ber sl^e died. noSth Sif. trassiduourauS''' Pit ^^ ^""^ «'' ^"^Si- 
 her illness, she frequently vomitSertrki^S"^"^ P°<=*«'- "'"-'ng 
 
 The retching was violenfinThe extreme anS^ca^^^^^^^ '"! adrainlHterod*! 
 
 times did she beg of her hiifill.wi tr! ^"4,,^»"««d her great pain. Many 
 
 larly administered,--he iould entrp^t h'S ♦ ^ "' ""^'°'''" '>" "'^u^ 
 means by which her lifp nn„i?i K* , ^''^'U *** ^^^ '* as the onlv 
 Divine aid on the effits he w„«' "'7''- ..^'-^l^ently would he inn S J 
 health; when Veaking^Sl^ he user r^lrf.'"» '''^^'^ '"!'' o 
 appeared to be his study to do all in hi TtnS'T^t '''"»'"'8"' "''^ '^ 
 few days however, before she d oH h.^ ;' 7u^ aj^eviate her sufferingH. A 
 pockets of a coat beSnfft^otti.^'^^^^^^ *« <'*'*'nl"« the 
 
 likeuess of the abovStioned MSrvrnderlo^^ ^^''^' '^' ^0""^ » 
 
 from the lad? herself Thil .{!„,• i x,'^'^^"®'^'' accompanied by a noto 
 
 dead, but whenTnce ouf,' u\Voutf tX'hf r T? ^'^-nlil^ Zl 
 Garrett. Still further to exc te snsniLn ^ ^^^ '^^''^^ ""^ «'«« »orcai 
 purchased half an ounce of Snic a dav «; two h ^'l^^^'^'i^ that King had 
 and, subsequently to that ^ auantiJvU ™n,^J'^*'''^ ^1" ^'^« *'i« takc.n 111 ; 
 •ummoned, and the body exhumed Wiln'''^^*''^.'. ^ coroner's Jury waJ 
 his wife was ill, King had dedared that ?h. ^^ *'l^"?'^ *° '''^"^ tiuVbllo 
 womb; but the' medical mn could find n«t"^-"<^*^ *-"'" **" "'""'"*'^ 
 discovered that she was presi^t w ai? ^ "f .*"y. «"'='' *l'«^aHe. Thor 
 
 system was in a health? condS' Not LnZhf*f '''*'• *''** P"^""* «f ^hJ 
 any other supposition than that uhof^^ °*^ "^**'' *» account for death upon 
 liver were tCoutanrseS? to P^nfof " "^"'^^ ^ P«'«°"- t^e stomaSh aSS 
 Joand no less than e I'eveJ Ss of a?sS in f^^ .""IP' ?' «"»'t«'''. ^hj 
 ^ywas exhumed. King frvishinril!°i\%«^^^^^^^^ ^hon the 
 
 liiigmon, alter liearing whpt was an^n.^'^'Z^^.^A ' ^"" "P°" reiurijiug to 
 Mr. Vandervoort'8, where he ^rE^ ? ' ^^^'^e off at once to Sidney, to 
 
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arrested, but that a warrant would be iMucd for MIsr Vandcrvoort also ; and 
 urged upon her parents that they should allow their daughter to fly with hin 
 to tho Stfttea until the matter was settUd. After much hesitation, they 
 acceded to the demand, upon the urnVfrstundiDg thai King should take Miss 
 Vandervoort to her aunt's, at Capo Vincent. This plan was adopted, but 
 King's stay was short. A warrant was issued for his arrest, and while the 
 Inquest was proceeding, he was brought back and lodged in prison. 
 
 Once in gaol, he prepared most actively for his trial. The Hon. John 
 Hillyard Cameron was engaged to defend him. Medical men were dho sum- 
 nionul to his assistance, and on the day of trial there appeared Professor 
 Uempel andPr. Sander.s ot Fliiladelphiiv. wilh I)r.«. Vontagen of Brantford and 
 Nichol of Simcoe, C. W. On behalf of tho Crown, Mr. Gait, Q. C, was 
 retained. The medical witnesses were Professor Croft, and Drs. Hodder and 
 Bethune of Toronto: Gross andP'-octor of Brighton, and Gilchrist of Hamilton. 
 When before the Grand Jury, King preserved an unruflBcd demeanour. He 
 declared himself quite sure of acquittal, and appeared to be so. 
 
 One day previous to the week of trial, a brother of the accused came to 
 Cobourg and called at a chemist's shop, where he purchased twenty-flve cents 
 worth of strychnine. Upon being asked his name, ho replied that it was King, 
 and admitted his relaMonship to th9 accused. From the shop he went to the 
 prison, where he saw his brother. The gaoler was present during the 
 Interview, and as the two were allowed to converse only through a small hole 
 in the cell door, he is quite sure nothing was handed from one to the other. 
 King explains that the strychnine was purchased for the purjjose of poisoning 
 foxes, of which there are many about his father's farm. Excuses of this 
 description are always at hand. 
 
 THE TRIAL. 
 
 T^he tr:al took place before Judge Burns, and created the most intense 
 excitement, not only in Cobourg and Brighton, but in all the country ronnd 
 about. At an early hour, large numbers of teams, laden with people anxious 
 to witness the proceedings, came into town. The railways also contributed 
 their quot'i, and soon after eight o'clock the steep steps leading up to the 
 Court-House, and the brow of the hill upon which it stands, were coveied 
 with a crowd, jammed together as tight as it was possible for human beings 
 to be and live. It was a noisy crowd, with great strength of lungs, which 
 th'iy tested to their utmost extent. Not once or twice, but contInuou^ly - 
 indeed, one mi^ht have thought from the sustained roar that an election 
 menting was bemg held. Numbers of women came Into Cobourg. but a gbinco 
 at the Court House steps was suflBcIent to assure hem that crinoline couM not 
 bea^ so ijreat an amount of compression as was required to get within ihe 
 door way. and they at once abandoned all hope of efl^cting an entr^ni^e. But 
 notwithita'idi/ig the aVisCiiee of the ladies the room was soon filled to ita 
 iitmost txtent. There were probably about three hundrffl people present. 
 Among them, besidew the witnesses, were a number of medoal gentlemen and 
 tbestudentMrtf thH Cobourg Medical Colhge, to whom a holiday had been 
 given that they might be able to attend. The Court-House is small, low, 
 
 
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 borrowed from some diandlrXop "^ very like an old counter 
 
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 Porter, Levi Dudley SnTl Rich tman wn i.™"' p^k "'^ ^,™'*''' Jo°»'J^an 
 Samuel IIaggart,«udIIervDAlZ '<??"'''? ,?°^'»8<»>' William Clarke, 
 prisoner. Sasel. N^^'Je^e ^SeVlSft^r S?^^^^^^^ »^^ *»>« 
 
 coDceiv,.,] inamnuch as tLZZn.r \1 now "i?'"' tS'°' '^'''y "'ght .have 
 
 innoceat as any one of Ihem Ho w u ,'..'". *H® ^'J" of the law, as 
 
 bycert.iuappliuct^vUh nhisrearnn^'^ ?i ^"V^^ murdered his ^ife 
 
 well acqi.aiuted. No no • "a Sd h!^ « ^ ^^'^h he was 
 
 for currying out hit pn Krior nnt n"i- V" "" "P'-^/'^vourablepoBition 
 
 but he u'.itlfd upon hi fffi Jler mcc^S 7h\ ^ ? P^.^'''>" ^^^ profession. 
 
 then gave the oitliue of t^^elvents wh eh h Jl W^^^^^ ^'' learned gentleman 
 
 and afterwards uddre.'Ked thrLv on ih„.^ ^ ° ^^*^ flrrestof the prisoner, 
 
 murder,itisnecerrytodi?ect Lnion T^ ''•''^' '" *"*'« ^^"^ 
 
 bent upon them to do^w "s to s abSS St S ti"* "•'"""^^ ^'-' '"«"'"- 
 
 position to accomplish the deed for tl,. fill i "' ^^ .P"soner was in a 
 
 to be tried, a d that tho.o means l^v w i^-h Ihf? P^'-P^'r^tbn of which he was 
 
 were within his rtSlirTMr 0^10 w^fn '''''''''-''' ^^^ '^^ ^y ^'' death 
 
 deceased, up to the 14th OctoffiaSwL^^? prove to the jury that the 
 
 was then .sdz, d with iS Sn ncpZ.„^''^""'^^^ t^'^* ^^o 
 
 not be safely ddivertdoftbec^^^^^^^ T^t^u*^ ''''■ ^'"^^^'^^ that she could 
 
 must cease t^o brlt Jettre sS g^^^^^ btS' ThTf t?^"-''^'' '?* ^' ^^« 
 he had stated that the deceased wirLffirl" a ^^^^ Prisoner had done; 
 
 which, had it existed would hav. inSitebte f^Z I v'Tt 'I *^^^°'"»^' 
 there were none. It would be nrovpIfS If ^'^'^^^^^ehind it, but of which 
 
 was administered wLr hus3 h!fMhAV''?i°'^'?'?.*' '^^'^° ^^ *'^«- King 
 not be proved frSi° LowK nf fho T' ^^^l^"?*'"" of medicine could 
 
 would be broughtlrvvardwhS would teuff f ' ""t.^ f .T " «?'^'"- ^'^"«««*» 
 a white powder to S wife ThlS iVSS ^^^ *«'*^*''? P"««^^^ 
 exceedingly difficult to £ 'wTth ?t S "1?* *'°** '^ ^e*''' •*"d^'»« 
 follow.dhvroknhC 5l a~ S^'ll*- 5*°^, dose caused a burning thirst, 
 poisoning by arsenif ThV t^.nL^ '""■ ^^'^u* ^'^"^'^ '•'" t^^m, symptoms of 
 
 the medicine for remedial DuiXfhS^iA'^^^^ ^?^.«^ administered 
 
 If this were done, the SircarwVlS^^ar^^^^^^^^ 
 
Sat poS?"'"' '•"'•'"^ '' ^'"«'> ^°" '^' '^^"^«"^° 'vl'lch would .K, given on 
 
 Kingston. '"'''^' ""^ forwarded it to Quceu's Collego, 
 
 timJ^t'Xautt'^^[H^Tr''"-TJ! ^'*'' P'^««"* '° ^»>° room the whole 
 
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 offtLl niihl Jil .»f ' '° *^?.r'""^ "! ■"? paiie«loon,, wblch I did not lake 
 
 ZSySoTSe bote frnm' '■°°" "i'^^,'1 ""f to show hinf the stomach. I 
 
 prcvionslv bernTnnfl ?f,S k I' ^^\f°*' "«^'«" examination havlne 
 
 touXd f The tabw- '-f^^ "'"'^'° l'^^' ^o one bemdee the doctor! 
 Tout flft aor twen^^^^^^ The stomach was in the dish 
 
 in the presence of She juT Se stamn T .L?''"''^ '" *^" ^9"^*^ ^"^ «'''1«<^ 
 
 thepLkagM?M.RXfSa'2oro"eS^^^^^^^ I SavJ 
 
 day it was sealed. ' ^°° °^ *^° •'"'^y ^'^ ^^'^^ *« Kingston, on the 
 
 took it away and returned with it tn RriiMnn T ^e^* corning I called, 
 in the Bameinditionr^hcn I retfved if ^ ^" P"'^'"^' ^'°S P"<='«^^y 
 
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 jurors to drop'^oLEfinf "tK^^r 'X'-^'''-%-T*f ?^^' '''^ "''^ «^ *^« 
 
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 s :s^"^7^^^^ r /CS SIS LS7:is-,£' 
 
 fcHsorOr t ^'"'^ '"'''"*"' '^'' ''^ «r. KreblP, tho conductor, to take to Pro- 
 
 it lu, in a cuplmnl of f h > ««.„ J car , «od fo ■ S ? ''^''' ^"r**- ^ ^'''^'^ 
 iu foronto, 1 ^av. it to PnKoforoft ' °"'^"^ «"°'^'- ^P''" '''^'•'^•"g 
 
 Oolh^ge tSI J ™ ' n7t,c"LP™^^^ '^T'f'^. "' University 
 
 ^vas sealed with con/^ou a ll.''"cork t fo';"^ f f V^^^^ '^''*^ ^«^ 
 
 penny uicce nnon if tlV f ^"'^'^ '" the "ottlo had the stamp of a 
 
 w.ter^ The liB ^^ alllu'.d ^'.^1^:. ''°P'''^'^ '"'° "^ glass^wlth 
 and a sediment 1 -f tLIv }^ ^''*"'- ' ^^^ "PP^^^^" P^rt was poured off. 
 
 to contain ar'o TneS n?I„\i° T'ror'V/r ''"^ "^'^ f°""«l 
 
 arsenic in thorn. Th ' mmnti tv T ^Lonir? f °^ ^''' 'T'''^' '^"'^ ^""'"^ ™ore 
 crains r uiv.f.wr. * V, ^ "'^'^^"'*' I found in the stomach was eleven 
 deceJsNl "'*- *' the Coroner to send me the liver and kidneys oftoe 
 
 iaJcen in during life - thZ thTrcasJn^lf f T,"^''' '^f'' ^' '^"*^ '"'^•'' ^^^^ 
 Mr. Davidson, some a es c on Sn™ .{n. ^^'''''■•- ^ .'f"v.' *° *^''' O^''""". 
 liver. (Six tubes herniSlv«eaI«f^r!ft^^^^^^ "'r'^ ""^ '='' ^ took from the 
 I did not analyse the 'Se of Si Hve^ ^ ^^' "''"'"' ""'''' P'-oduced.) 
 
 Ifoundlnitlittlele, c-^^^ Jn the stomach itself 
 
 The stomach, with tTe e4eptio5 of ^ .ltSV,*°r'^ !l^°"' ^>'^^'=° 8™i°«- 
 
 healthy. It is po««it le .o'^Zl^nn!! • ,w^^^ ^'"'^ ^' *^^ extremities, waa 
 
 I do not think the pU't ?om,d X w ? *'''' P^'V^." ""V^^ ^^^^ '^fter death. 
 
 have no means of kSn^i tr fh„"' ''"'''' ''*'"^- '"''' "^"'^ ^'«'" ^^^l^^. I 
 
 death or not. PloSver much mth hpTl'°'° '!"^,?"* ^"'° ^'^'^ «t«'"-'^<=l> '^^^r 
 reaehPs nnp nr H.n ;.!.t.^ ™"_^.^ ™^°* ^l^ taken into the stomach, even when it 
 
 mach and' iTver " Infl^^'m«HL' ' ""'^'^ *^*' '''"'^' ^°*» **'« tissues of the sto- 
 arsenic has bee'rtHken ' aS Irfa'rZ^^^^^^ ^'""^"".T ^'^"^ ^'^^ J>«»^« «««r 
 Death from arsenic mavensnein TT '' ^T'""}^!. ^'^^'^ ^^^"^ " found, 
 eight or ten days I STmZ^^^I^I^ *"''' *^^'"S: it, or extend over 
 J nave read ot cases where persons have taken arsenic, and 
 
hi, 
 
 before d«ath. ' Thm w" uS tbe s.onmch I t.xami.ed, long 
 
 A succession of doses may he ^W^^t ZT^T' '^^^'iacu.nulativeeffeci. 
 latire power may, in Knd uroduco d n t ^ ?' ^7 '^''=' ' ^"' '^' ^'^^■ 
 
 acumulSloln ■ %tJttS' Sl l\T- ^^'^f "«--« ^^^ act. d an 
 dose of arsenic. If a succos oa of .„?• , i *^ '"? '^ '''''"' *''" "^'' '^' '^'lopaihic 
 party lived a short tLeSrwarSs no race: of U I''", il^'?' P'"'^^''^^"°g *»>« 
 administered in large a mntUips wi i n! f it would be iound. Arsenic 
 
 appearances usu.at^ltt?S f o^S taS V "T- ^'° '^'''- ^^"""-^ ^^ ^^^^ 
 stomach. The absence ofXn.^,.,i!n:^f.,^' "^•"«''"«'° were present in the 
 Bibility of the presence of ar«LpTh„K ^^ "' '"''''°' '•^'=^"^'-'« ^^^ P08 
 
 Nathaniei. rSelI Proctor M D pfw"'"/^ symptocnsis tbe exception, 
 examination of the bodroSKnrKhr''qi;J f T'^'^ ^V^*^^"^' "'<^^ 
 school house, and placed udoJ a dmir if .^" . i ^°''^ J"'"' ^^*^"«'^t ^o the 
 ance for oue'deccied tE was eJ„siJ m^J^Io^ "^ '*'^.'' ^''^^''^ "PP^"^" 
 Dr. Gro-s made the incision aiidTaid an fSf r^^'^' "'"^^I'l'^r parts. 
 nated womb. There was a ] Jk n .n °'"^'^^^ liver and an impreg- 
 
 might have been occasioned by comini inTnnf' T-h'' 'T'\ '"^"^^""g- ^^'^^^ 
 exception, the organs were Lalthv^ w?-"'^ With this 
 
 coloured, from somethiuff 4 sunZ;i ^,'^,^7^"',"*' ^ **^', 'r*^'' ""'^'^^^ ^^^e 
 rectum was also coloured.^' Thi« vSwh f h ? ¥'JP''^««'d through them. The 
 
 removed ; it contained a > Ji! Xr^lstm h^^^^^^^^^^^ 7''^^°'"^ '''' 
 
 through, but we found nothing wrontT w? ..,!,,. ,^" ^"e^^6tcc«te was cut 
 the heart and liver, whi h S qiit^hJluh v Th /Y' '"""""' """^ ^*'"'°«^ 
 gested appearance. I never exS don vo5^^^ r '""«« Presented a con- 
 poison, examined any one before who had died of arsenica! 
 
 cal poison. The furfaje orthe ° ol S """ "' ^ ''on'^ider, a sign of arseni- 
 to inflammation ; it wa' a state owl "' '^""Sr^t'^d-it scarcely amounted 
 Taking the stomach a. a wM^U ,f;?""l"'"* ' ^ '=^""«* ^'^'^^ '« ^^at extent, 
 oiach.^ r cannouly how 1 ng^the n « '"%'? '!f ^ ^^'''^'''^y «*»- 
 
 ot examine very particu arlv iL h iTn ) -"''"^ ''^'^ ''^'^''••^- ^ d'<l 
 Coroner. I did not ue the word ' infll •'' '''"''' '^'^""'^' ^''^''^^ the 
 word. I supposed tS; colLln' of tf? nnf''*"" ' '^^^^^ ^^^ the 
 
 found inside the stomach. I exinfinedttni'^^^^^ ^/ ^^' "^^'^ A"''* I 
 
 trace of disease of any sort. f™"e of he ^-' " ^^""^ ''*'' °° 
 
 gave the prescription to JV. vFrg He tSd me tT^Th • '" • r ''"'^ "^"P'"''- ^ 
 intervafs-that she was pregnant and «hrt;),^Vi ^" "^'^ '"'''' vomiting at 
 I called four or five timesa tenv .Vdf. wi ^ ^^^ ulce^ition of the M^!„a. 
 cultv at the ..^m« wS tter T e lasTslm^r"'^ ^'^\f.'T' ''^' '^' ^'^^ 
 with me was the night before hi doath «,!A • w^'' ^^^^ '?.^ ''""'^ ^^^^erse 
 conversation, " I fell much better than T h?! '^ I- '"''•'" *^' ''°"'-^'' °f the 
 appeared to me much Stn- Fhe fid non->?' "f ""I ^'""' ^-y iHne.s." She 
 
) 
 
 ;ofe'=Kl.T™d^S;tl?;^ I"- King ».d .he w. 
 
 a gray appearance ; another was a mi,^fnrrnf'^'"'n ^ P''<^«cribed wculd present 
 toms Dr. King described in thetr am,«. i . °^ ^^^^°'^ •''°^ ''^ack. The symp- 
 
 Pj/f ^°« were called in, wUh (L e "ccntion?f"n^ r ^''^n^^noj. No other 
 
 organ.c dioeaso. We examined the^~?'*^r^''' ^'^y- ^"* ^*'"°^ «» trace of 
 but that ' Htributed to tb? length of tin^ fhl ''"' «PPF«°tly a little softened. 
 
 PiLKi; ioss, M .D.-I pars R-i. f ""^ '''T''" ^»<^ ^c^" dead. 
 I had not «een her during her llaes« hffi'? ?^ I*""'? '^^"^s ^^^^^ her death. 
 f'oa<;,«>rto« examination. The stomach cfZ i?**' / '"''' P''^^^"* "* t^e firs 
 there was nothing to seal it wi h NevI r^L^'"'*''? ^''^ P'»°^d i° » bottle- 
 together it was sealed I t£.ninrn= morning when the jury were called 
 The body did not presenufSSiS at^^^ '"^"^^ l''"" ^^^ oftheslS 
 The lower part of the rightTbe 'f ffi"*"'^^- The liver was hardened, 
 remainder was in a healthy state Thl It ?°^' ^^^s slightly cong.sted-the 
 The inner coat of the stomlh^vH'*.'^* '^'''^ ''^'^"I'y. and the womb also 
 cause death. No one had a^XS t'S J^ t "^4 I «^w nothinfto . 
 I was present when the liver waLfa£nn,7^^ «^ '^"^^^ ^-^^ ^pt Dr. Proctor. 
 
 Cross-exarained.-The li ver^n« . ?* ^f Professor Croft, 
 arsenic. I should th A it woulItaW f""^ ^ ^^'^'^ ^^^ ^''^^ absorption of 
 auch an effect. It might e pJSduceS L . /^^^^^ntity of arsenic to prSuw 
 
 n^of the womb. IhemLt^rd'rU^^;.^^^^^^^^ 
 
 wascrSS^Vh\°SriS^^^^^^ ^'-^ —-ation 
 
 re-asserabling - '^"" adjourned fifteen minutes for refreshment. Upon 
 
 BanrX?hetJh^7ScSSr ^ ^"^ *»>« "°ther .f the late Mrs 
 111. The Doctor me?me I?Soor o 'tho "^^ ^"^^l'"' """^ fo«nd her%ery 
 been very sick. I v ent in! and she s5^ S ^°"'*'' """^ ^^l^ m« that she had 
 the Doctor gave her a litt°e mediSne It w J*^ " ^'"i^ ^"«r- Soon after, 
 the spoon. She was very sick afteiU sZtl^T^^^'^^' I' was mixed in 
 The doctor said, " Keep it down Annie " Vh ' f .^° P^^^"* herself vomiting. 
 She vomited a great deal ; but wasT-ttPr f« '""i*° ^"^ ««• ^"t could not. 
 dark greenish Colour. The vomftin^^!!..^^'"]""'*^^- The vomit was of a 
 During her illness and alwaysafSr taking '°"'^..^^*'^° «^ twenty Znutes 
 We had to keep a tumWerof oolrl tf? *^° medicine, she was very thi«tv 
 night. The prisoner rsTn5nt'?/4*5-> H'' -^ ''''"'''''^ with her S 
 House about 9 a. m. The ' first rlnaol ^^^=V""^'a ^ot hm wife, i went to" the 
 «<econd about eleven. tL next rfn^T.^'^? ««>» after nine o'clock- the 
 previously administered. My JLWp'Lu'* J"'* ^^' ^™e eff^'ct althe one 
 doctor said she oomnotltwm^VSt'^''''^^^}''^^^^r,td^j,ZtTe 
 «ery tasted. In the presencf o^-.r^STSj^^l^^^ ^ 
 
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 She did no? take it-X put ^UmoZi IflT^ "f ^^' '-^"^ ^^^« ^^ '-^^^^ 
 80 fiery that she could nof^irfnlVf J?k- ^°^ ^^ '^'^ *o"^*^' «"d said it was 
 hour after the prisoner broSt pin .f 1 •"''' ^^°"t f'S^^t o'clock. About an 
 -mixed with wS It canSd TZfr. ^'' ^i'T' "medicine. It was in a spoon 
 she could not live -and thafhom^"' ''"'* J^^i-^ther, who was there, said 
 the prisoner to send for mol tr ?*-^'''"' "" ^.l^^ ""^ *^'^*°'*«- H« "rgcd upon 
 ^- Fife. My Imstond w^n? fS^h°'''?\ ^^°''} ^'''^''' '''''^'^^ ^^e^ent for 
 When my huS came back^v?''^. ^°""** '^^ '^'^'^ g°"« to Colborne. 
 such a state that sh^Sld not dr^'nr^S'' T!, ^'"^ "^- ^^' ^^^ 8°* ^^^o 
 Baid he knew what 0.^o.sJn^ii • i' ^^"^ /''*^°'' ^^^^^ted Dr. Gross. Kidr 
 that sort. FaTher a«S wouS if onVfh"'"^'"!^^?'' °*™P^°''' «^ ''°'°«*h5ng of 
 asked his wife if she wou7d tit^ f^ %tf ' ^^^King said it would. He then 
 good. He thPn wpnf ?„ K- « '• ^^° ^"^"^ ^^^ would if it would do her 
 
 always mUd "he mcdicfne TlC^J'^'f"^. ''"^''^^''^ '" ^ ^poon [He 
 wantedtavomit Hp£ Li r 0^06.] Annie took it, and soon after 
 Bhoulder. She said '01? nh T Tn""/ t' ^ed, by putting his hand on her 
 "Keep it down A^nio^ ' S'o Iw^i' ^ Tv.°°*,' ^ '^"^ ^y'^g'" H^ said- 
 greenish hue -with mi,; n!nL r^'*"^. ''.° *^^ ^^ 1J"«° something of a 
 said-" Now^he has tiJown?tnff S'" "' '*,: ^? ^^'^ vomited, the Doctor 
 it will not do her aSv S L L,ff k "^^^ '"'^'' ^ ''*"^ «^ ^'' «*o«^ach, but 
 her verjr little '' <W? » JS fhfn ^f ' "^e more." Father said-" Give 
 Dr. Gross wou d give her » Hp wpJ^ °'' ^ ""i^v,""* ^J^^ ^^^' « ^^'^^t^'^ ^^at 
 as he had given her before Hp I^a ?;^ay and brought back about as much 
 to Bleep. I askpdTf shaMt h?f f/*^l ^''" .^^ "medicine, and Annie was going 
 did not^akfagain " I loi S 'fln5- ''"^•?' ^'^' • ^^' ^'^^ '° ^^^^P «°d 
 prisoner. I did iot Veil him fcS'i^if ''^.^"°''' ^° ^'^^ ««^t pocket of the 
 rumoured, and hc"lenS hivmS^ I'^^r,^''" ^^""^^ ' ^ ^^'^ " "ad been so 
 room, and was one he nsualTv w"orf t/'''^T'- ^^' '^''^* ''""g '° »"« ^^f^'s 
 Vandervoort Ih,v!S^ • ,The likeness produced is that of Mif=s 
 
 after her nuwiage I aS lZtl\ ^^° ^^'^ "^ 'I'V'^ ^''«"* *^«1^« "months 
 clothes. He St wafirnn ?^ 1 ^^f^ "'^'l\«om" Wack spots on her under- 
 state, and told me thit T c.2mI ?'f Wood, that her blood was in a very bad 
 had a cutin myTand?! might g^porsore^' ''"^' '"' '' ^'"^° *^^"' -' >^ ^ 
 
 she SlSe^i'Sr^lL'^Plfir*^ °'r^°%"^ '' "^^^ ^^'^ 5« l^^o"'-. only after 
 ShecomphSof pafn aft b.^^^^^^ P*^'"*^ «°ly when sick, 
 
 discharges of a coniousnSrp I n^."**? ejection. She was troubled with 
 she was^alone at mv housp In^ t^u''^ ^ii'?.^'"'" ^'"^'^'^ '^'^ ^as taken ill, 
 was ulcerated and™n such a slato ? i"? *^^- ^T i^"'^^'^"^. ^'^ ^'^'''^ ^er womb 
 being alonp with hP^ ?"™i . . , ^^"K'}"" ""ght drop off in the night, and he 
 
 tor Dr. Fife?" Dr. Fifp pvominoji b^v h-if r-'- 
 
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 gavTher"aT?boliSe^"cb^^^^^^^ i;i a .pnon. The dose of medicine he 
 
 We left the : oom aZt an hSur after X"^' •^1"? ^T ^"^'^^ ^^' »"^« ^^e rest, 
 death Father and I left the Joomabont 77^, *? '''?' ^^' "'«^' ^^^^e her 
 said he would watch her In th ™ • ^ °^'°*^'^' '^'^^ ^^n' to bed ; the Dr. 
 she had n.ver slept betL mtlZ^ZZT i' ^f' ''P""' '^"'^ '^' ^'' '^^ 
 he had to go to work, bit £ rtS T^^ ^'^ ^^'' *° ^^''«' h'-'r good-bye, as 
 would not wake again ' l"aid I wlf «n"' ^°'''.''v ^"^ ««"l ^' ^^ afraid she 
 her stomach with cold water T 1; i T 'f '^ '^' ^'" ^^^^^e, and I bathed 
 sleep ! I tried to wake her and caTlcd t?^ T ^''^'''^ " '^'''' °°' "^ "S^t 
 her dear eyes, hut could not ' ^^ ^"^^ °^™'''- ^he tried to open 
 
 Reexamined by Mr daU tu« ■, , . 
 daughter. There were snots on a ""derclothes oroduced belonged to my 
 
 The way in ^hich he fnoU.Pr ^fT' 7^''^' '*>" ^"'^^^ ^^^ ««'• 
 affecting. \he SnerTeaSl, t^^^^^^^^^^ ''''''^<^^y was very 
 
 foDjly upon her, l.lltheLme4ev^U?vin.hof.'-.' ''''' '''^^ ^'''^'' ^^^ 
 NoRMA\ Bethl-xe M n f^ -1 S'^'°3 her evidence. 
 
 whole of the trial! Th^^vmSl V*'"^ ^^^'^ ^" the Court during the 
 caused by an irritant poiRo7 XTvinf.T ^'^"^ '^'■'"''^'^ ^'^ «»<=J» '^^ ^re 
 the .same. When taken in lari clos, ?,-fT' ^^ '^^««»'C vary, but the effect is 
 amount of arsenic found in EtoS ''/°'"<^'^™f ^^ts as a narcotic. The 
 does not always produce redness oT?L«?'''^T^ V' I'^y '^^'««- Arsenic 
 girl who poisoned hcr.M^lf w?thfn (he l„^f f '^"'''''^^'- i° *^^ "^''^ "^ ^ servant 
 no redness of the stoma/l a houif, ; . 7n'' r"'?''*''" ^* Yorkville. I foupd 
 I'f poisoning by arseS are flrs? ! n n ''' ^"^' °^ ^''^ P°^^'°"- The symptoms 
 IS a burning ^cn,sat?on at fhe \Z^!'''';,''''''P^^''^ by nausea. Then there 
 retching, fo,Iowcd by pu?'a ion Snf^^^^^f ^* ^^^ stom.ch, constant 
 described. A large dose of irs^niV ^11^'"'^."''' ^''^^ ^° «'^'ch deceased died 
 ^ Cross-examined-- Thnfftotnri° ''^'"'.^'^ P''°'*"°° «"ch effects, 
 female is the exception T havfho^r'fnr' ''T'l'l^ ^^'^^^^ ^^ ^ Pregnant 
 rea one. Ihave heard .f the acio« of .rni r * '"'^-^ "'^^'^ '^'^° ^^"^'^ ^o 
 administered in medical doses £.« f^""'"'\tl^epoison-of poisons which, 
 Strychinia is one, and dMmoTov ^^""""Y^P ^^'''^' """^ F''°'i"ce death 
 was one of those also, b/t it is nowX"^^'''^ '^'^ considered that arsenic 
 
 more than an eighth of a erain of o^L • } have myself never administered 
 at Yorkville, loath ensu^S in l?f "^ ^* °°?^- ^" ^^« ^^'^se I mentioned 
 inflammation, but 1 sEouId Iook^o;''";^°1'- l^^'^'^^''^ "°^ ^-^P'-'^' *» find 
 
 , Ed. M. ^^S:^"^;S^'^fS would.produc. headache. 
 
 I have heard described are tCe of l^^rr;""'''^ ^•''- ^'^'^"'^^- ^ho symptoms 
 produce. '*"' ^'^"^'^ °f an irritant poison, such as arsenic weuld 
 
 i^su™fromTSl S'' he' tX monTh?T^ ^^' ™°*^'''' '^'^^'^^S of might 
 though I tbink not so copLX P?° n^L J ^'T'^'^'y' '^"d no disease exist, 
 sometimes, but not accompaS Jd with thp ? ^'"^^^'' ^'' "'^'''^"^ ''-'^^ ^'o^niting 
 of. I do not believe that^Sc is a nL^llT^ '*^?^"°" '^"^ ^^'^'^^ «P«ken 
 very safe mfdicine. I have conth.".^™/^ ^^ '"'^'''°" ^ consider It a 
 occasional intermissions. I ha^e'reH^L^^ *^« ™°"ths, with 
 
 has produced «a«.m. It is not thenS?'!^ *° discontinue it, because it 
 Of 'pccacuanba admlnislercd win nnf ^,„/i" .\"f"'t"ative poison. One Krain 
 
 up .t will do so. OrfllaCpiSns 1 ^ve now f ''°'''' ^.f '^^P"' ""' '^ f«»«wed 
 denies the cumulative nowers of „^ ■ ^ ^^^^ overthrown by Taylor, who 
 
 'ymplom rf poison 2° a™^"°" ">•' <"»lci>lty ia passing the .rine is. 
 
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 «a^aympIon"Tr'r^II??'r ^'l^''^^.'^"" ^ays that difficulty in passing the uriuo 
 
 the symSs^'o?l.c'!lT' "V''° '"'," ^^'■^'''^' examlnod.-Slie described 
 KiuKaSMovl^thT f-^'"'^ corroborated the ■ videace of Mrs. Lawfiou. 
 ^^'^d U^anT^yl^^^ ""'' I gave her some out of?, s 
 
 said it wL iko lclFZit''''i '' P*'-'-^ ''\ ^^' ''°"'^'" «f ^^' «P"0" She 
 which had a cL?ortin" effect ' ^'"''' ^ ''''^^''' ^' ^are her medicine 
 
 hcr^ wrer?Ztf;rMi:l"c'o;^irfr* ''' ^'^'^ ^'^^f "^^ *^« ^°- I K^-° 
 tha I .saw htVLtter on !.?f • ^^'^''' "''^^'^"'iG'-stood, througl, my stating 
 
 discharge '''''^ ""^ '''- '^'^^ She did notcompaiuto me of any 
 
 h£d1>hLk'll^'T^^f'^\''^^^ visited my daughter when I 
 
 Baid that ;Je is c^ iJl V' • T^il^ ^^''''J^ ^^'^^ *'^^' »"'«'-'r with her. lie 
 
 closed ..p. He si d ££ h.'rf' '^,l"":°^ '''"^ ''^'^' ^'' "'^"^'^ ^^'^'^ "^■'""'y 
 mustan'lwou rl?, f'"ie her tace that h r case was ineurable-tliat slie 
 
 HeatL;:aTdt vmddKV;'Mre'"'/°/f' '.ther doctor, several times. 
 did anv irnmi .,,.a t ,7 , ' ^ ''''• ^ *^'d "^^t consider that he (Dr Fife> 
 
 git qTtSg;.;"^i h'^^r^''^^^^^^ iTt"^^ ^'•- ^i"°^ r '•^'-^^'^ occasions would 
 liamHenryTGod«m5os2i A^T^^ •^'^'^H'^'' '^'''' I -^-^id, " Wil- 
 
 Dr. Gross w^rflr ? ^''"''"^'^ ^''''''''- ^ said Dr. Gross for we. He said 
 
 opium. Witness here d Sifo/ fhF' •'' '""'l^'^ ^'ve and he said calomel or 
 eiactlyasnaSeibyhtw^e ''^-'^^^'^''^^^'^ of the death of deceased 
 
 He'^STrs"o;'i.™''^'^"*'''^^ ^- -- about one o'clock. 
 
 TcftS^s ^^vU^'!\ T"'"'*?-^ "^^ ^^'^- ^"g O'l tlie 14th. Dr. King told 
 Sfhylooki? 4f, an7ori'? 'T'''> "-^'^ ^^^«i"C"rable. She?.;8a 
 that o4er physlchns shrm f°"'t^^,'^?tys,x years of age. When I suggested 
 not call in Dr^ G roS tZttoSrVu'^t objected to it. He said he- would 
 Rfttinn TO^uh •. "'"'^^ anuas to Dr. File, he had ca led on h m. In ronvpr- 
 
 tooT^^XufrfT' 'TV^' told me that she was not toh"miS-a very 
 
 Sniov n!v,f ™°"''-''' ^'""^ ^^ '''«'^'*1 "J^'eher improved in many respects 
 froX Kbg-rS! '="'" '''''"''' ^'^'^ P™*'"^^^ *^° letters S ha took 
 baf''KceH'Sfuie?e£rZ^^^^ examined.-! know the prisoner at the 
 dn,ed anTthrendosJd iote °'' ''"* ^'"^ '^' ''"'"''' P'"" 
 
 ba|^-?SSS-I^?Jj:o;S^SS"^^r^ thelikenesstoher. I never 
 
 .rottl,flet£'ir^*^''*'-A'*^ i^'' *'''*'"^«^ to Dr. King. I thought that when T 
 £ aSsemen; l"'"' '"''"°" '°' amusement. I seat lim this iftter in an.SJ2r-; 
 
 wifh^o%rso'iuVTu?I>l;;e?cet™~^ ""* "^-^ ^'"^ ^^"^^«' ^"' ^« -' 
 The following letters were then read by the learned Counsel :- 
 (Enclosed with the portrait.) 
 
 ^ DB..-P]o.se inform me if you receive this. I arrived home safe^aTquite 
 
 W: H. I^ixo, M.D. ■ ^""''T>.VAN. 
 
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 .vh.ther to take thi. as a lokea of .fri! dsbTp or 1 ^' Wm' v ''"' <'" '"""^ 
 
 wb ch von muan if fnr »nri if M,l "'»-"i^uip or i . \v,il you inform me 
 
 niydrrni,,rsDirtVrAM Lf ^^"^'^'[^^ 't will certainly gootiie and ref.vsh 
 
 SomeCi;:riime ^^ " '' '' ^''' "^'^'''' ^^^ ^ ^^•-'"' ^ ^""'^^ I'^e to tell tbal 
 
 mo^iirg!T?hairatr";Ji^'i;';:°m"'' ^ '-""^"t '^"' ^ '"-•-'^ *h-« 
 
 identity. ^ '" "^ possession uuKss called for by its 
 
 very Bick— last mght we thought she would die. 
 
 Your Bincere 1 , 
 
 DbaU Dnrrnn Thn f !™„ l, .^ SlDNBT, Oct. 18th, 1858. 
 
 A/i,Aii i^ocTon,— I he t me hns come for me to resnoud 
 
 to writp vnii /».< T #• „r " -i!iiBi.r.,--rr.^n£, iriui ! t moriice the upnortuuitT 
 
 mZ\1 Ih'hMt of i;o .rr.,-""'"""'' ""7"'' "^ friendship for you/ and n t 
 flnH «f „„ ! ■ ?° '"^ayinK my weakness hy way of the Den oxD.-ct to 
 
 Whl8p?r ' sTii hope." °"^^ •" * '^^"^'^^ ''^ y°"- Yec fiomethi^g seems to 
 
you 
 
 14 
 
 . Spi'Tn'^folitStTJl^^^^^ »«-* inconstantly with 
 
 I should be happy, for indeed P^n; ^J """^"^ ^ '^"'"'^^er he with you ; I think 
 your presence, ffiugh "uppose now 7^^* V^l '"^ ''''''' during my stay in 
 nund ; for «.,« are married ?n^^^^ ^ .^"^^ "'adicate such thoughts from mv 
 
 interc4tingVcSy"Te aVe .ome^dt'';"^ '""^'l ^ '' ^''' ^^^ not share yo"J 
 ship, although of short nrodnPHnn •^'^''^no'l «?*•*. yet trust our ties of friend 
 
 you have unlinked the tender /.rr^r * ^- '^'-° ^O" come to realize that 
 mfljience orer my girlish nature ' "'^'"^'"''^ ""''^ ^^^ ''^^^ an alarming 
 
 my bosTm neSr S C meTn!.'"'"°^ ^^'^TPire a depth of veneration in 
 consider it very wronl fi m! ! ""^ '"dividmil. Well now, Dr., don't voS 
 t would dHstror ' Sie v"h\nnfn"r""'P°",'* r'^ y°"- I''" 'Afraid if knowS 
 *'on, I u^ouki much mth Jr be ia^m^t '' "II^ "'•' "''^^''''''' '^ ^ ^^^ i" her po^? 
 with another, though oerhil^ ^'"T '^''" '"'^^^ ^^^ '^ea of your intiSv 
 pastime, so I hSpofoS'luS c^o Unue^'fhf ^'f 'r'""' ''^ ^«»^ '^''^ ^nS^o^ 
 
 -. --a--^y-Ksr^^5^-^fe«Ss- 
 
 t Your unwavering, 
 
 L , 
 
 baSertomeV" 7ha7e in'^/at' sem^T f''^^^ ^ --« ^^^W J 
 
 Jo.m II. VAxoEitvooR? e^^minoH Th • ""^"^ "''"'•^ """^ ^« repressed, 
 ney, about ten oVlook if S . *I^'1\PkI^^"*^'' «'^"e to my hoil^e in Sid 
 ^fore. That w'.s the^i S 'l"ev r srhim'T'"' •' ^^ "^^^ «-" h'^' 
 He knocked at the door. I asked Jha ^Z . h I "'''' "^ '''^^ ^''en he came, 
 a me^ssage for your daughter '''i SneTm^Z"~tfo'^'\' ^ ^"«"''' '^''«™a« 
 Bhook hands with him He said thu ,' f "^^ daughter, who came d mn and 
 
 iook her into aaothc? ro^m^ Thoy wStnto^a rno' ^'^T''" '" ^''^^^'^' ^"^ 
 hour. I went and a<!kwl if th.T^ went into a room and remaned there an 
 By and by they came onf 4. '"'f'^"^ '^^^ delivered yet. They S no 
 died; tha^ttherhrgot1ert'Su;^'",°irf^' »>'« wife\ad iSt^^atdy 
 my daughter, ^hich iTZonZTi^M^^^^^^ likenessTf 
 
 for his apprehension, and for t£t of mII-.T^t "''''v? ^^'•'■^°* «'a8 issued 
 hini to take her to her aunt's on £ S h^r de fl"' ^t "/«*^^ "^^ '« ^''o" 
 Sos3!'x:Si"eS" about th.lT^iek's^;Se. ' """'^^^'^ '" '•^^«' -^ «•>« 
 .on's threatening to fho?t my dauS/"^''"'"^ *" ""^ ''^"'* ''''' ""^ '^' ^^' 
 not;p:?StIe7r=^^^^ examiaed-.aid she could 
 
 thathewas accused of poisoSrhL wife but n.Tf^ her daughter toldher 
 
 Clinton M. LiwsoN examined i7J.il u ij"' ^® ^*^ innocent, 
 have seen this portrait SfoT r Jj"^ the brother of the late Mrs. King. I 
 day on which my "Ser d ed rhT- ^ *"* '^le Saturday preceding the ti 
 letters, excit«d my susnicfon q L? f-T""^^ ^'"^ *•>« fi"dhig of oth^ 
 Sunday. On Mond^aySined to tt P °° T*»"^«day and was Juried oa 
 inquest. The Coroner ^aT me a wa'^^^^^^^^^ \^?« °«f Present at thS 
 
 Kingston on Friday, and from ttncc' t?r^o" V^r*"''* r" ^'"^«- ^ ^«°* *« 
 got at the i^ost-offlcc 1 went a\^,\r^.„l\ "H'" ^ in'^i--ns. From iuformation I 
 
 byamau named ]£te.GorSntifuSd s^. '/>« <=r 'i^*« « »»«"«« ^«Pt 
 house, I stopped before I got there so that f mf v'" ?[""*'** ^^^^ '"'« the 
 been . three minutes whenV 'Shfo^^,' » t^iaTw. ^^ra^afS 
 
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 CroJB examined. I had a revo?vPr t c •/ i''*'' ^^^^"^ '" » ''"g's nest. 
 
 given bf8"^Se'iS:Vu?ff/L7ad'5 t'"'''''- '''^ ^' '^-^ ^^ ^-^ 
 
 that he had given her mSphif and h^lirn tf '''?'l ^f '"''''''''- He admitted 
 a trunk of the prisoneiT hellebore. I took a number of letters from 
 
 «ai?Snrr'^:te- S" ^'Z^^J^ t Tl'' '''' ^--^^ «« 
 Home ote else must have given UU. her ' "' '*'' ^^s given to her at all, 
 Mr. GALT.-That is the case for the Crown, my Lord 
 
 EVIDENCE POF THE DEFENCE 
 
 wltoe;s^e:rexaSerS?wo?urbfgSSf^!i/r'{t 5 h« ^ad eight 
 
 The application was refused Lordship would adjourn. 
 
 istJr^'e^seve'^ral^-uSnL^^^^ called When the oath was admin- 
 
 fore made him d.S t^e or 1^3?,* \l ^"fj^t kis, the book. They therl 
 quite a commotion in the jury box S^«tir"""' J^« '^Pi^ode created 
 Medica and Theraneutics in the nommoS M- ^l'^" Profesor of Materia 
 know the priKoner " He sli rlln,! n.,^^ ^P'?'"'*^ College of Pennsylvania. I 
 
 pathic practice is ihis-ftlecSlSdfJr ''"r^- TIi« «i«t of Homoeol 
 if taken by a healthy person w^,ld in ,'^ we administer medicines which, 
 called upon to prescK Tk 1^^^^ " ^'^' n'^H'r!'''- ^' "^'S^t ^^ 
 toms as those produced by arseSc Snd w S) has_ exactly the very same symp- 
 who did not know itwasIdTseas^'to be^ n± ™f'«^' be considered by persons 
 in cholera morbus the symprmf occur for wh.Vh ""'T'^^- V^i^^^^^g. Thus, 
 arsenic : and the symptoms of a?2n; if ^.'^ ^ Physician would prescribe 
 be exactly like the symVoms of SSiiSrS 'v f ^^^^^^^' would 
 mg the illness of deceased miXt hp^». • J^'^ ^""st symptoms attend- 
 oorbus. The nausea anTvoSS mi^T'^ ^^^^^ '^"^^ «f cl'olera 
 natural results of pregnancy tSI «vSf '*'''' ^^^^ '^'^° considered as the 
 five or six weeks afteSc/ptior ' IZtZ'f^ ^■''''"^l^ ^"""'^ *» «^i«t 
 during the first five or six months' cT^LT^ ^^* ^^'°e the whole term, or 
 think that deceased cTulHlve ik^rw^- ^° "^ Judgment I do nS 
 Professor Croft found, y^iLTl^na mo^^"t}''%''^. T'""'^ «*°»°«a« 
 inner surface of a stomach in a hIaSv Ifo '^ ""'i ,f mflammation. The 
 appeai-ance of gocd hick cr^ An fnfllm.%''?^'' ^l''' P^'^^^y "^^'^ the 
 would have the appearance of^nhor^ mflamed stomach, on the contrary. 
 
 pathi, treatment iTaTgiJenrm^crasT^^^^^ '"'^•''H'''- ^^ '^"^^^ 
 
 caaeof Asiatic cholera, and havrjenStedlK^ °- T''"''^ ^''^^^'^ i° ^be 
 limes in the course of forty-eight S %iiJr'\ X^"" ^*.*^^^« *« ^^^^^ 
 recovered. A do=" '^f -p-an?^ ' \ .^ patients have donp xvell "ti* 
 
 To produce such a resulT I Sould th'l^'''"?!^^ ^""''^ ^»^« to Vve7y tS^ 
 imfns would have to l^"^Ser^^''*i°?, S *''"" Tf'^ «^ «°« ^^^^^'^ 
 dose as that. when-analySS gtomch Itw/'^Pf* to find, after such a 
 fatal results follow thecumuitive eSa VSf ,* ^'l^l «^'°«- I have seen 
 -neeffectst^ve followed f- St^^, t^f^^^.X^^of^rtom^^^ 
 

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 ir^^^^ei.17.^^^^^^ bavc diedlncon,e,uonoo 
 
 the cumulative effects of arsenS The i^^Phl? ' "' -^^ "i^**' '"^^^ ^^'^^ from 
 
 'Trotrmt^nt^ M '^^° ''""'''' 
 
 our be«t stuS s Arse^/ici U8ed^•^hnr"''«^?^'' ''''^'^' ! »»« ^^« one of 
 mflnitesslmal doses it nn/ t h! Ir " '^omceopathic practice. The jfivine of 
 I coasider DrSZZTcomL^n^T^^' "P?" "^^'"^ homoeopathy iSSdeS 
 in our college. &7earlZCollL^'To7 ^'i^'T^'lA ''^'^^ ««««^"« 
 satisfied our professors that h!a S i , ' ^^^''^ ^"^ ^^*^ '» a"end. H» 
 
 standard. Th^eprSSSji S ?et?\n Z h'^S" T/'^ ^'^'^ ^^^-^^^ "^ 
 give arsenic in some cases of vnmUin^ r . ' .. , ^- ^ ' '^ expedient to 
 
 iaaraination. From the examSnn^;. ^ *'"" ?"' f "'""^ ^'t"^ theposHnarlZ 
 whether ulcers exSed or not Thn ^'^h""*!^'.: *?' P''y«icians could not teU 
 without extern.-? inflammation existrn? TV" ""r'"''''^ '" '^' *"^«"o" 
 internal examination woulTreJeaUt rl^prlL '"•''k?!! '^'f ^''^^ *he least 
 pregnancy. Three grains and unwir^« t Iceration might have been caused by 
 but six or ten erains h,?!. k "P7*™» «* 'arsenic will suffice to produce death- 
 the «tato'of^"hf ;7s em"?rnof SiS^'tr ;''^ result--mufh deS'Sx' 
 poisonous doses, but from the cumn ? fv„ ^ '^.'°'%''*^ ""'^^ '•"O'" •^^senic in 
 
 op nion, the weight of^denceiZfavm^n^^^^^^^ fJ''**' ^" *=«• ^" ™7 
 lative poison. Dr. JrU^^ '^"'^ ''t *^« "^'^^ '•^at arsenic is a cumu- 
 
 cutaneous diseases in large norSon, %/;^^f,^»"'*'<^? Pliysician, ^.-ives it in 
 quarter of a grain six or eicrhEl • , '"fSest dose given by him is a 
 longit would^rem^inlnlhe ststemhJ" ^ZT' ^^'"^ ^^y'' ^ «'^«»ot «'™ » ow 
 
 of giving one-flftTo?onetu.S of aSa t^? '"™-'°f '-''^- ^ '^^^^^^.Z 
 moderate doses of arspni^ fi^=V i . ?• * ° ^° ^ woman in fever. I would eive 
 is very apt to oScur fn ' 1 .f " *'"""? ^ ^'«''^''« ^^'^^ required it Thirst 
 beenlive'n as Sdn^^nThVUS'ca 0'°^'°=- "^'V' V'"'*^ "^^^ '"-« 
 
 one gSofThifrrtrrrirSxelwiih' r «-P-; -g^r^mTk' 
 80 that one hundred globulsTAr-en?o 2 fj?. " ^'''"°' °*^ '"S*"" °f "'"'f. 
 of arsenic. Arsenic 2 en Mnnf1^™- ^ ^"^"^ ""^ necessary to make one grain 
 nated, in conteqSi^ of the mivtr."'^ *^' '^f'"" ' '' ^"»>^ become elimU 
 this way may SmuSe I nev r Jnew oTTr'onL"""'- ■J^'^'''' ^''^^''^^ '» 
 
 the cl«d\t^ja /KS^^^^^ 5S:-- i,^?'"? -me sySpLs?f 
 vomiting, retching, and nausea n^ZT. P*^'^on. Hdlebore might produce 
 ^^:^Jm!S-b/r?™-* K^S^sSl^r^S thebr.nArseni. 
 arsenir The faWd^JeS^^^^^^ '^ '* "-''' '^'^'^^ of poisoning br 
 
 dent mi . ht not hive anTserIrr luf firfr;*!'"^ ^t '"^'"^^ '^^^ ^«°^- 
 
 ttie.. have induced vomiLg sin JnTLTiatranVr^' ''^•^. ^''^P^'^^' ^'"^ 
 To a Juror Helleb r- mitrh k . .Y. * ".'-■^^•*' -O" and coma, resulting in death. 
 
 A. H. Plavd r7 M D of PhUoTi^ .' • ^'' "*°°-^ '"' ««-«« of voming. 
 chair of <;h.mr8t?yLToxLKh;'£ *'^'*'"'"^^- ^ ^'Id the 
 
 not kiiowtbe prisoner I Ke been at Sll P fi ''"T f ^' "«™P«'- ' ^o 
 of iecures. I pract sed al on-^Z f- ^ hiS' course 
 
 during the day. a STEHvehSiS^.hr/vf^''*'''; ,' J"*'^" been in court 
 have ,Wr met witliiciseor^fr^pnon^ f'ymp'oms of dec-as-d describe J. I 
 
 I have used arsenic in doses of oS lie fto one Jf h n^ ^y™P;-o"»VT ''"■• 
 expt-ct to find a stomadi into which Ee L, « nl^ k "^* ? «™'"- ^ ^''^^'^ 
 thaathatof the d.ea..d. It !i a Slidti^^lta^n^^^^^^^^^ 
 
n 
 
 animals are like those in human beings. Much inflammation nan^n., 
 
 m the s omach of brutes after the admioiHtrSn TaZJ o iZnZ ETf" 
 in prescribing for a person who exhibited symptLHr thLo ?f i ^^ . 
 
 copous discharges were made, as In the cu«e of decmsS tSc hv n .u m^ 
 nloioTl^ "''T^t^''' ""^ "''y''^^'' hypothesis Theuloeutiro'f the 
 
 for the presence of arsenic in this wayl Professor cfoftsad tZt It i « w '* 
 m he stomaclj, which leads me to think it Ts Jut i„atV5itb Tli^Z 
 in he court which was 8uppros8ed)-otherwise it would b( i,uv iu L of n^^ i ? 
 and would stick to the stomach. The death of Mrs. King m ui 1, v« rlu S 
 from medicinal disease. The best toxicologists think thitSnifis a cmrLh^ 
 unYvSr- A^""^'"^ !« a constant symplL of arsenfcil ,S ,|'j;-'.Sll 
 KrittT'o^neTte'dr;^'^' "^"^ ''' ^*^^"'''^°" ^"-" mediciLl doT;! 
 • *''■•, Cf^LT— Do you set your opionion against that of Dr Croft a man «,»,« 
 
 human being at all. I did not understand that iCfesLi C?of 11 J h« 
 examined cases of poisoning by arsenic. ^roas^oi CioU said ha 
 
 Mr. Galt— You have not seen cases of poisoning bv arsonlo In man «- 
 woman, but you have poisoned cats and dogs ? ^ ""^ ®' 
 
 WiTNEss-Yes, sir. (Subdued laughter.) 
 
 fhn 1 Yj*'''^7^°'^ ^f" .^'^^"'^ '*'"°'"« likely that the fall from the bupirv caust-d 
 thcdeath of deceased, than the arsenic found in her stomach? ^^ 
 WiTNEss-I do think so. (\fuimur8.) 
 
 Mr. GALT-Then I have nothing more to say to you— you mav no I 
 Thomas N.col, M.D., of Simcoe, C.W., exarained-I have bmf p^ctlHinir 
 for three years I have experimented wKh arsenic upon iny off n if 
 frequently used in homoeopathic practice. I have given oi e-t2h of a iJn 
 in .nterm.ttent fev.r. I do not think the quantity of ™ic found ift 
 stomacn of deceased was sufficient to produce the by nptoms of Jr.!.! 
 ItTnti- ^' V^' insufficient to produce mrcosU A KinL Sn 
 are necessavy. It more frequent y takes tvvo hundred than a smaller a nan titv 
 A te*.spoon might hold W' y grains ; a table spoon about flTobuXa/d 
 thirty grams. I believe arsenic to be a cumulative po^^son In Ih'.-? T 
 IT^u'^TK^ °° '"'^.'"'^- ^ *««^'' '^"'^ ^^y ^or twenty-one days thre^doa'/of 
 one-third of a grain. I took altogether seven and a half Su/iwi„/ 
 symptoms unti the eighth day. The symptom^ were tbiffaml vomiting 
 accompanied with violent purging, and symptoms resemEg intern JS 
 fever They continued for twenty one or twenty-two days Xt I Keld 
 to take the arsenic, t have also tested belladonn"? which aft^r a Um« 
 produced symptoms like paralysis of the legs. I consideJ the ca 1 «f Z' 
 death of th^decaPedwa^ the shock of her nervoSrsyrm by trLl fiom 
 
 ^xhibited'f hrm-''r"''^¥-\H"'^ developed. The stomach 8houid"ba"vo 
 It tends to prevent decomposition, 'in onft large lose, itSE s nntSSn' 
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 Crosfl-oTaminpd—Thr- fall frnm ih„ i . . 
 
 prirna,7ca««eof ,h.a.S; t.^:^^!^^^^^^^' '''} '"'J"'-*, but not n 
 
 grams of ftrsenic .v-m found tl,..n. wl, , o infl,,. " » "'"'"'^l' "here twelve 
 
 other causes of d.afh. I „m n f au ana v/i^ n T*** ""• ^ "^""''i J-^ok for 
 
 medical Htudonts u.mlly stndj cluii^.r^*'"'' '^'"'''^ ' ^ «'"<i" ^ u« othef 
 
 Tbc Court then adjourn, d, at about hafKpast six. 
 
 SECOND DAY— WEDNESDAY. 
 
 The Court opened at half-pnst nine o'clock 
 
 Subsequently, ho tauj,'ht .cI..k, V ' al or, ^n' ' ^'^•\"*™!ng with his futhr r. 
 to the Nor^l Schoofin Ton. o d J I tZuTt .i^"^\">"t. '^^ ^on^ 
 a very high opinion of th,. pris „ 'r' " SS/Ji ?'i'^"- l^ave formed 
 intercourse with him. He lia. alwavs hL ifn , ^ *"^^*' had frequent 
 morality. '"^'^^^ been an advoo.ite of temperacce and 
 
 RrcHAKD DkLoxo, cxaraincd-I reside in mi^\i 
 prisoner since the spring <,/ ih,',8 ' lI'lV^y^iT^T •/ *'^^« known the 
 w.tii the skill and kno^'led^e he di.p .y? ] "S,^ ^ ^"""y- ^ ^"s satisfied 
 family for about six wt.oks.lHVSSn;^. T-*"". '" attendance on toy 
 Another witness was called Vo te f JT ,r.V^^''?''^''y '^"'^ succe^eful^ 
 not being in court, th« evidenc'for S Sfence w^SeT/ ^' P'^^''"'^''' ^ut 
 
 Mr. Camkuon then Drocccrl, fi «n o/i „ !l • ^"^ "^"^ closed. 
 May it please youVSrSl^?;.^ S^'' ^ f- Hesaid- 
 
 investigation you have given to thiVtr al t L „"!^^ ^'^ "'' *^^ P"*''^"* 
 
 bear w.th me, if. in the observations I Sf ^L\^"'/'v^^^^^^^ ^i" be ready to 
 more time than is usually taken in the ad^rni'A^ ""PP^" ^o take up 
 the circumstances of this case are so peculiar and «n f'"'^? 'V''"''' ^^^'^^^^ 
 careful an examination, that no tlK tK cl ^ ?*''"'''?*' '^"'^ '''■'l"''-^ «» 
 Judge, or by you can be said to be Srow^ awav wh!"''° ^l ""-^''^f' ^y ^he 
 of those circumstances depends the lif7nr h^' Ti}^V ^^^ investigation 
 There i^, nothing which men are called unon L^n\-^. ■* fellow-ci-^ture. 
 than the duty deVolving upon us at this mn--f^*'^u^"^> ""••« important 
 painful than that of men, who si? ? ke von t^ ^ 'i ^^t'^ '' ""^ ?«''«««> «">re 
 the course of an individual like you selvC^lailStf'jr ?^''', ^'^^dict, what 
 if the verd et is given against hi™ ,„^rJK u I ^ ^^^ ^^^ f^^^ hours or dava 
 ot .he law be car'rleS intW^t "bur dtv ,e'^n«? "'".' ^'^""'^ '"^^ ««°S 
 a duty we must perform faltbfu ly becaS J we Zt ?r*^"':\" ',T^""y- I* ^^ 
 a being in health like ourselves rest unon f L.^ "^ ^^^^ *^^ ^'^« «»• <lea«h of 
 tleraen,that being eo, I havfa rf^ht to oS-''^^^ Then,gen- 
 
 which your own sense of juluce your own ,{^11?^''" '"'■'* P^''^^ *« ^^ that 
 powers vill induce you to do ; to^d^ LCfrr. " !>'"-''/*'"'" "'"' ^eason'ng 
 shape of prejudice f to dismis frctyZr^Zl^LTuTf'^^'''^ '» "»« 
 heard out of doors ; anylbihg that m%v h^? PI''" that you may have 
 
 not been proved her^ f and to^r eco, e^flhaU? ^^TJtt^ "'^J^""' ""'^^'^ ^as 
 been g yen by the witnesses in thVt bSx aSd unon ?h«t^'.,'''"^'"f ^*""«'^ has 
 law calls upon you to pronounce monf'h?? P °"* ^''^^^^'' ^ '^'one, that the 
 laskyou-iV rl.nl'JjlTt^Mn^Si'^^^^^^^ "^ the pH.oner 
 
 indispensably necessa'ry for th7|iper ClanS'^/?r1?^*'°" *« '^^ «^e. 
 have been bronjrht (o ligh.^T ™'7.^„f^V'^' '^'«^^''^°< f«e^ 
 haps from prejudice - perlmps fro , ^I ! ? ^"^"^ l-on-per- 
 -st have ,ari.n in "^^^'^n^Ir o^^rSLU'^T^J^ 
 
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 ('■ V 
 
 5rafrv~f-mm™TK''.K' "'"'' ^"^^ ^''' •'P'-'-'"'! 't'^°"Kh that part of fe 
 wri^ kno^v ,t M P'''r"''\'''" '^°'"'-'' '''-^■^'"'«"'« ^"th prejudicial and 
 
 k nloffkir nl?; «""°""!^'"g^"'intr:^. ttii.l tended greatly to prevent that 
 ciurUrl itefl V"''"'' """•'•'^ '"^ whotrusu himself to God and his 
 
 am sure von wMM? '^ vf '''''^°''.' y*'" yesterday ; ami whea I know that, I 
 hmnrfrorur/t.Z^^^^ y" ^'"^^ anything youmay haVo 
 
 waiistth n I, nor."'' T'l^-/" '^'■''.'*? "'"'-^ •>'• ''-•^«'^ prejudicial influence 
 Zoct thl^ vZ.L''"^-^^^ putting before you the factH, an far as I cap 
 which voiT.vlT 7'^«°co. I. pre''^ upon you not to allow anything 
 
 UDo„5iJovirnlo 1 'J^u"" *^B'^«-'« >idj,'« t.incerely.. truly, and hone.stIy 
 ZT^ nlZ^l v^V'"- / '5"r''"'" *'•" '•v!''>ri.M,oo Ihavr lud during these Ah 
 brlni fhe blTf n "h "" "'" '" '"^^'''K "P°" '^'^'^ J"'T "U'" of intell k.m.co uho will 
 thlLse anT ,^L-^'f reaHOumg powers fully to bear ou all the factb of 
 hS hon^Htv i n^'"'^'^''"?,'*,' ^"^''''« >'«" '"'^" '^1""*^^ f'i^""' i '■^•^•1 certain 
 ever mav 1 « ^^-^'P^'^r," ''^ carried by you into jour jury rooui, and what- 
 {ZlZlv^JiJT'~l^-^'':' thelife-orlf for the death of the 'prisoner, I 
 facts a^afntLm-^ ?f ■'^l"-^, ,"P?° y^""^ '=*'''''»' <---"^"l-ration. For are the 
 ShXnwin^r""''' *"r'l ' *^°"°^ t^''»'^ they are. There are facts 
 The Dri^nrT^n V? "°fof'<inate conduct has placed agai.mt him, without 
 of acofS fh«. r'"'' \T'^^'^ ^""'^ °« "'»'•« hesitatioa in demand ug a verdict 
 SrthkkS^''^^.'i'"^y*'''^'''' ordinary case which had been tried 
 b^ mnSlInf ' '■ P"',*'^««f «°e or two circumstances away, and it would 
 
 friei? yesterday ^2J^ uf ^ ''''^'!'' ^^''''' '^' P^'^'""^'- ^^^ ^^'^'"^d 
 M.dif\hff»Jr.^f*? *''"^°/^y''" '^ way which did him the highest 
 credit, the facts of the ease, calmly, clearly, and honegtly. He attempted to 
 
 S2thela?wTn"'"r«''i°.°'.*° have';;ade. He feft it his dut7to s 2 
 Sft£ IZr^Z P'^P^l^ administered ; that the law recognized the princl- 
 fn «S i ^.f"" Z'^.^'' ^'^ considered innocent uctil proved guilty. And 
 onesUTeTtnr °^ ^^V'^' ^^^ ^«" i* ^as not p<.rt Jf his dSy t^o alfe^ 
 ZlZo haJiVl/"?K°''''?°°'. """^ established b? evidence. I am sure it 
 n™f «f rr^^""" otherwise than the admiration of the court to see that no 
 ?rom thP Pn^i''!f ''*' ^^Y."^ *" '''^'' i»'° ^is address. Let m first takS 
 InTlPt n« nT'^'T"* "^ ^^^ ^'^*''*^'^* ^itl» ^^^^^ ^7 learned friend set out, 
 ^i lr.\«^ ourselves as a preliminary point, a point upon which I Jay 
 great stress-of the manner in which the stomach of the deaeasxrd was placed 
 ?,?trSw"r''T''*"'°^1» its transmission from Brighton to tJ So: 
 mittef to ehlif r* °!»<=^ depends upon the identity of the sul«.tance subi 
 «^r ^tifin^ .? I'^l *°''ly'l'-,. ^""^^'^e »« "O'-e necessary than that the 
 oWUf «hun r'r* P'°?f M^" ^° ^^«°' *^«t *!•« substance'submitted to the 
 ?W nn^hfnf ^i,^^'^'^ 'y ^K^^"^^ ''^'^ ^ ^lien f.ken from the body, and 
 S.a*r«Z ^'l^' allowed to miogle with it, which would in the least 
 degree tend to make any change beforehand of any part of the human body, 
 nS »« f ^^'^^'np^^n^'ysjs- The rule of law with regard to this is s^o 
 plain, 80 clear so distinct and so well laid down, that I cannot do better than 
 quoteo tJvoutheaiithoritvnf amnn whn w i . „..i _"—■:": . ?? 
 
 sides of the Atlantic is admittedTo"beThe'fcesTa^thorltT«p'orS;d1LrJu^^^^ 
 
 ClXSv??^-' ^'f''''^i y^.' ^'""''^ Cour.sel- here qS fVom 
 Taylor 8 Medical Jurisprudence, insisting upon the conditions already men- 
 Uoned by him (Mr. Cameron) and mentioning a striking case, in which it 
 was remarked, that m one case a stomach had hem put into a ja^ hastily bot- 
 rowed from a neighbouring grocer's shop, and as the jar could not be shewn to 
 
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 i!:^^;?;AouVcfrp^ !'-'-> -ntfo„ed that. 
 
 proviouR to g<-■^'^KVu^cl^a^"l p. ckug... Now, tbo Cro^vn told u« that 
 8e«l«J in thi!\v..y-5.1.*^.' 'maoh « fl'"/^ 'ho ntoniach to Mr. Harkor, it Zl 
 ThiH cork was ..f„; wi hT ^ nn^ nS ""tiIo'I, ^P','"" ^T """ -^l^^^- 
 browii pap..,-, which was soiilod also • ml... !' '"'^ ""« "•''» Pl'iC'Hl in 
 
 turn was sealod i^ith ll.rH^rm.l ;..?,"r 1^1^ ^p "J"' '^ '"«. «bich in it» 
 only th... bottio which «-^s HmiS - hi w.n ' • ^ "'f''""""- t.^>"l't ^aid it wag 
 Oire,, seals on the out«S^Th.bovw,,i ''"'"''''■'''' ?''* ''^»'^'>- ""'» ""^' <iie 
 -easy of nplaccmont if ioko , How did T"" '"''' '*''.''"'' "^'"'1 •l^-"^'ib«d 
 th<- paper which was HoaleS bri(.. corotil.^lT^ ""^^ '^''^ 
 
 happen that that parcel wbieb th„ ^ .^""^""^"^ ?".' broken open ? 4ow did it 
 [t, was recPivod by w"J ?r\^f,^"^°":;:,P"t '" " <ho box, with a .eal npon 
 
 how did it happen^hath coroner to d;\ha7;'o'. ^1'". '^V ' «"n'l"i 
 from the school-room where 1 e no. eif wLr f"' ''"' ''''*"" «•*« removed 
 and that the nrofes^innni r„» , i ^ ^^■^'^ ^^^'^' '' ""»» stopped with a cork 
 took this stolS "k""^^^^^^^^ 'Sato'ZrT' '"" '.?!^' ""^ *'••• »*^''r wt 
 that bottle, tied down lyTSU and vnn ''^^ "°"""« *"'' '"'P'"'' P»' over 
 himself went out and pnr?hase,7the corW-r'/' ^""""f ^'r B^irker .aid that he 
 morning he took it to kSo^^i Ve«enr«v ''■'''' P'*'^''^ *" the bottle the 
 tant character Iwi«bJn.,7„ " ^!T<' "^« <^'''f"<^Pnncie8 of a most imnor- 
 
 •ingle thing Eat Is no IZlonVt"" '" !"'"^' ^'"''''' ^ ^^ "«* «ta ^one 
 of Taylor on this poh an^I ell Jo„ M,? I'^'T ,' "'^f *° J°» t''" "P'i 
 necesBrtry to the safety of^everv'^nJ?), ''*''' *"'J^y' '^°*» '« essentially 
 io to bo determined by a rhnm^„r ?•"? •« accused of poisoning where hal 
 
 The stomach o;c.i7tSeLS of 'pTor'' "C.\rt'°" "'^ "'^' human bSy 
 1^ shown fo he Ldical knowlLi '^fri'"'^?""' ^ ^^"'^ "" objwtion Tan 
 because probably I sSldflSRiffleS I'f'"''^ ^^' ''?"'"' ^^ have seen^ 
 ourowDcountry%uteve^n th oS^^^^^^^^^ within the borders of 
 
 to perform the duties of chem cal analShun p^ r" man more competent 
 not only a high reputation in thi, hfnTr* f " ^>'^e««or Croft. He bears 
 came and thfreforMft nS Jfin E from M-hich ho 
 
 which flcienco has provSed t^wK nii^f-^^P^'"''* °° '° *°y «*" *he tests 
 selves in that position however we havp^ i^^° "^- ^^ '^''^''- ^""ing <>«- 
 fact of the presence of arsenic baUh;fffiu "^ ""^'"'"''^ "«* n^erely of th^ 
 and unless we are certain nffhatii this arsenic was the cause of death 
 
 men, we Imve to coSd r ^ha^a^e ?ho°?ffee Hf'"" Now, gent^J: • 
 
 those effects so entirelv nJfx^L r ,^ ^^ Poisoamg in this way. Are 
 
 Bible ever to li ^fstefctTb'ef/ IZiSee*. ' H ^'^""'^ '^'' " ^^'^^ol 
 effect ? And if an Jw. s„oi, " „« x '^PPearance ? Has arsen c a cumulative 
 
 oner , What l*"the uZaVeff c'^^^rprl'"' r"' •' T '''^T'"'' ""^« pSi- 
 to pressure, nausea .nd vomiSmr followed !v! .V, .''*'«=':!P''0" ? Tenderncs 
 other IthasbeenshowrthKeDt '^,';^'7"'' ot som, - . ,cter or 
 where these symptoms have ibcen nresent, V :iif. .u''.^**'^* "^^^"^ ^eath, 
 merely inflammation of the iSiSes h, f aS ^' »*'** *^«« has been no 
 the tissues of the body And wh '„ ;„ * "^"°^ "°'''«f«a'ly. inflammation of 
 then you have to aTyonrLlv!? who herT *''''' '^?'P'°"« «° deecribed 
 human frame which oZ sy^IJoU Jfa imUarTh ^'«f*««« i°«ident to the 
 these symptoms consistent S th™ innJSeneP o? fS"'*^'"'' ' ^^ '^ ««' ^'''^ 
 before us there is an entire Vbsenen frnmi^--*'^^P"^'°°'^'" ^ Jn the cft,«c 
 We not had one singL worS of test ZSv^,^''?h-^ *** '°^ ^^ P"8'°g- 1^'' 
 
 ist who ai^alysed the body that X ^r^LH ready to admit than the chem- 
 and w.e.s,. could not exiJf i *t SflLTw^toS Se'StlSn" btg^? 
 
ai 
 
 M extonsive chui ctcr ; so cxtenHive tbut i( could not by any possibility bo 
 m Ht.ik,.M. 11,0 Htonmc h cxainiufd l.y Prolfssor Cron/l.e tell« „«, w. of 
 a hfulti.y charncttT With u slight blunh, but without the least sjun,tora 
 of havi»« been subject to au irrifaut poison for many weeks I sav 
 
 «S.''''' 'k-I'.?"!"'; ^" ^"'^"' '*'"■'"» '' thfiso weeks, the same 
 h^?.i .','" .^■■^^,"^'l=^«l''y l-y dav-exhibi.e,l to tbo last. Thn... wS! 
 before the death ot (bceased. we have persisteut vomitiiiK, coiUii.u.i.K from 
 tho irne she wa« llrsk 11 to the day of her .bath, la not one Insluucihi U 
 jM^ui sliowii 111 cases ol arsenical i)uisoniiiK tliat the stomach has presented a 
 beul thy appearance, unless death has easuml in less than ten hours I canno 
 Und a siunle instance where the stora-ich did not offer a highly intt tmed sut 
 fuce and more fre,,uenlly still of actual ulcers. But there is a sn „„sitioi 
 t lat tliu poison was taken .he night before the death of deceased between 
 eight and nine o clock 1 think the nioll.er ►•aid a Uter time— and the ,Jeath 
 ensued about, twe ty-thre.) hours after^vai.l There is no case on record of 
 opei-fonfallinK into a Slate of r<)»w, where tJiedose ofarKenic ha.s l)een less 
 tfjan ninety Kiaiiis, and as iu this cane tiiere aw not a symptom of vomiting 
 alter the last aduunist ration, even allowinj,M.)r elimination, therecan bono 
 •luestiou that, instead of eleven or twelve -raias fieiug found, there ought to 
 have beeu fil.y or sixty a leas . Ttiis brings u ' to another Bupi.ositiou The 
 deceased was gone with child four or live mor ilis. She had been sutTerinff 
 from some irregularity, of a ch.racter certai: ly calculated t,. make anv 
 woman feel that there must have been sometbi -k the matter with I ho neck 
 01 tJi(! womb, l-or weeks before she was taken ii her mother spoke , f it ..t 
 being someihiug unusual. This position was, as I will show to you, pn-eiselv 
 tbat m whichraany women have been during prt ,'uancy. There has h.-en a 
 constant vomiting, Hometimcs of a greenii:-h liquid . Horaetimes of « bla kish 
 attended with every one of the symptoms described by the witnesses if in 
 addition to this, I show you that the effects of a fa 1— of the Tery lea.st eon 
 CBssion of the brain may go on quietly until coma vnd death eusues then I 
 Bball have made out a case, independent of other ;ircumstances, that will 
 entitle me to claim a verdict of acquittal for the prit^ .ner. Mr. Cameror li,.rn 
 road from - Churchill on the Diseases of Women.' It said, in eflect that 
 nausea and vomiting might commence soon after c. ception, and be contin 
 ued until gestation. The fluid vomited might bo ellow, green, blue or 
 black, depending upon the condition of the mccous m. Tibraue: There wm a 
 case given in which, though the ourfaceof ttienec* of the womb h^l 
 healthy aypearaoce, when cut it was found to contain tatter. AnotherTaso 
 was mentioned, of a woman, four months pregnant, ho died with Bvmn. 
 toms exactly tho same as those of the wife of the pr ^oner. True thpm 
 was no arsenic found in the stomach of any of those v .man and thprXrA 
 we have to meet the stand taken by the prosecution in his cks- It woiilrt 
 be observed tha there were two schools of medicinfr-tLe Homoeopathic and 
 Allopathic. UomcBopathy is not a system of infinitesimai doses. ^ has been 
 genera ly supposed. Dr. Hempel repudiated the idea. It is a systembw^d 
 upon the mixmatmlu stmifo-upon the principle that thos^ medicines which 
 would produce the same kind of symptoms in a healthy tody, that the bodv 
 is suftenng from, are most likely to effect a cure. There is no doubt! then 
 that^according to this theory, the prisoner adopted the treat nent which ouBht 
 to be adopted. To say that there has been mal practice is ae thing—to oTv 
 
 _ 1" 1 v""*."' "'••'—•••' i"«.-/ttivi. XI tuc uwsi,;. ne aamiQiHlered 
 
 were too Urge, he is guilty of malpractice but not of murder. But can 
 thia poison so administered have a cumulative effect f That effect is thus 
 explained A Bmall dose of poison may be given, which though innocent in 
 itself, yet by theidiosyncraFy of some particular body. thispoiFon may cumul- 
 ate in the sjB em, and caube death-although the rem«ay was the particulw- 
 
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 produce ,a.alysi8 and death lo miS nr ^ *''",T'l''^'' *" <J^« ^J^t™, and 
 the Bame'etfect. Afr. CamS;, ?be" felt , no'n ,,^.''^7'*'^ ^^'^^ .^"^"^'^ *« 
 on this point at the trUl of Palm t in En-ZT I <^"" ^-^y oi'.'"/"n8 given 
 old school were not opposed l^^vhommon.th.'v''^*?^ *^' P^-V^i'^i'^ns of the 
 divided one against the ot1,er aS £. '' ^-V'^ allopathists. and were 
 on continued, yon gentle^iierniuft con fdor wh Jth '"^m "P"' ™'' ^I' ^"'"^^- 
 8i8tent with the innocence of tr prisoned T^^,„!t -r'" r^^^^'".? '^"n- 
 eaid that the prisoner told him Lt ho hl;i Jf i '"'^ /;' nens who was called 
 atal. When flrs> questioned} he Lid t>.r.*r''*'-''l^'' ^^''^^ ^^ith arsenic 
 wayastoconve, tbi meanS that ft l?n7/f ^^^^ '" ^'^'^ ^ 
 
 ous doses. Evidentlyheh"S"SkPntL • '''''''I administered in polson- 
 Wehad evidence that fhe deceased AV^rn \'Tf^l'^ prisoner's words, 
 which might have been caused w ?n- •^'-''^ '''J*'' a copious discharge 
 oner requested his witb to S S FifWnl'^1 "'^ '^' '"^""'- ^^^ ?"«- 
 but her delicacy shrank from it She h^ i'"!!^'« a personal examination, 
 under these circumstJces wi not tmin '=""«dence in her husband, and 
 place. From the beginS t?the eSd of h^ ^''" *'-^'^'?'°ation should take 
 Bhow that these partie fived unbl"''- * ''' '^' ^^^^^ not one word to 
 bickerings existed Vtween IhcmNnroL r-^'V'"" ' i'^*' ^"^ J*^''^'°"«y "«• 
 lable of that sort. If the case h-id «tnL ! T^}^ T'*^' ""* «"« ^ingl« ^yl 
 was unnecessary to go furtK into M? r. A'^^^'^ .^^^^^^ have felt it 
 
 oftenfooli6h;andth^e prTsoner a theViriJ^'^ .^^!.' g?"tlemen. men are 
 pressagainsttheVlsoneriSthe fUt of ?i^?l."'*'<^ foolishly. What does 
 you, having been found 7n the no^Tiln""? f^^^s which have been read to 
 nnderstand^howthemreiJs of tCrvrn„ •^^nP^'^'u'"- "^^^ *='»» ^''^rcely 
 to a foreign country in the dead of SfZ^ £ allowed her to be taken away 
 feet stranger. The onlv th!^ whl}.^ ' / ^ ™'''° ^'^"^ ^''^^ *» them a per- 
 not dishonour the girKcau ewe havof^^^ }" f^' '^^^^""^ the prisoner did 
 macy took place. V have S«o proved ?haM J ^'"1'*^ ^'"'* "« ^'"P'-"P«^ '»«- 
 a little more than three weeks betC the inthTf.,*''*' 'S''''^ ""^^ acquainted 
 his supposed affection foT th s vonnt l^.^^^- ""^ ^^? Prisoner's wife, and yet 
 induced him to get r?d of S wi?e "^tKIp' i '"''^"^^-^^ *^' '''^^««" ^^'^ 
 urged the improbability of L prSoner bSo- S'^'l'",''! '" f°'"*'"'^^ '^"g»«g« 
 crime from so slight a motive and aftor S i^ '"'tuated to commit so great a 
 to elevate himself abov^thoconditfc\tT^•^^^ efforts made by him 
 by appealing to the jury to we^Sh Si fL ^T ^'"''' ^^ *^° ««'^- concluded 
 benetit of a^y reasonVe ?ot7btlT4ht ex'Jst'"^'^ ''"'' '° ^'^'^ "^^ •="^"* *»»« 
 
 nefesBa^^HllTh?;^?^!^^^^^^^ .^-"^ -* felt it 
 
 and distinctly laid all theevideno hpfn!.a?r ^? '^T ^^^^"^ ^'^ ^''^ clearly 
 •nd it 'became his pSl duty to dS^ It was now before them, 
 
 would take up the arguments ofhi? Wn.Hr? 5"««*'«° to the facts, H^ 
 Mr. Oameron had? flfst commented mnn ff,!"^"^ ?' H .^"^ delivered them, 
 been delivered to ProfessrCroft Rn? ^^"^ ^^^ '? "^^'"^ the stomach had 
 by Taylor for the pur^ns^of preservlS/Kr' '1°?'^ Particular, required 
 when taken from tL body, bKen onnlnL?"^^ that It was 
 
 the bottle in which the stoShwJs Si^ '"''''« The Coroner said that 
 himaoif >ro..i«- I.,:* ..^ -""*\" '^a^ placed, was first of a11 iito=i,o-i «..* w 
 
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 the preceding night. He ^hen took f tn tl "' ""'^'i' ^'-' P''^'^^^ i* <»>ere 
 assembled, i bow waf there pSctred ImX T"" ''^^7' '^% ^""'^ ^''^ 
 into which he emptied the stomach From ti? -T'^"^- """^ ^"'°«'''"' ""^ 
 that any human bLg touchetu then. iT waXTa^tdlS 11',:'*.:' "^P^*!? 
 m the way described, and delivered to thTcnrnZ Zu'^^^^^^''' '^^^'''^^^ 
 poison was placed in the stomach v Ud to th^fZ m h^^^ •'"''""'^'" ""*' 
 ing-up to the time he pointoJthe evidence of S „IS K-''"'Z "^^■"«°^- 
 occurred to the mind ot' anv ne -son to S,n i ^ ^^^T*' h'm«'lf, it never 
 wife. Could it^Uer utd^tlfe Seart of SS^ ^ZJ''^' ^""^"« P-^'^""^'^ J^'« 
 diabolically wicked thathLSd J^ve plS'Snio'i^r''? '" k'°"°'^ «° 
 woman, with the idea that unon be u J disrovl^ -f '" *|^«/tomach of that 
 chemical analysis beingmadriead to a^harI.S''^ afterwards.upon a 
 
 That any one Luld havl donritif so m'SScf he^Sff ^''T'' '' 
 
 was one argument which was nnanUo,.«i » t/- ^ • .] t^^nied. Uut there 
 
 in the stonfach, it crurdVorhaTbSpttd' nIKivSr T^^^^^^^ P"^^^^ 
 
 tion of nature. And would it nof bnvp hnnn ■ i '"^' "^"^^ '^^ ^Pera- 
 had arsenic been plactS^n the stomach of Se d.^e'^^I.T^f""', ^«'"«i«l«nce that 
 the liver came to be examined arsenfc .honld tfn^ '//"*^«*'q»ently, when 
 should the man who placed he Sson in the KtJl kI'^ *^'^f ^°" ' P«'' ^ow 
 poison would be foundTn the liS also" llatin.'?r "T '!f^ ^^""^ ''^'-'""cal 
 necessary to consider how the ar^S^did romp^tf ^^^^ 
 Cameron had urged as aVerv strong nroof ?nlvn ^% \l ^^^ .''*«""'^''- ^r. 
 ference in the symptoms Lerrmeral\^^^tS"whn h'"^^^ 
 alleged that vomiting, and burning and thi^f ^° ''*? ^""^ examined, 
 poisoning. But st 11 bir?MrTalf';rilrnr/'r^'''^ symptoms of arsenica 
 sence ofVging Lt tff ur? Lollect tS ^'"^ '^'^'t ""^ ^^' '^^ 
 
 these symptoms^ere womeiVev were never ark^^ ^^^ ^P"'^*' *« 
 
 without that, there was one symptom which c3 no f^ffn 5 ^"* . ®^*'° 
 
 to the minds of every one. Mrs WoTLTthat whon ,*1<^'7. conviction 
 upon the bed clothes, there was a sorT of .^!n i? ■ ^i"^ y*^™'* '^a'ne out 
 
 th*; medical evidence for 'thrSL^'wlTvuSr;"^^ 
 one of the symptc-n.s of arsenical DoiBonh^<r Thl,,^ 7 It ^'^ '*"*' *•"*' was 
 .rfienio. We heard a great dJa?ab2,tthl^'.«Io "' ^?-}^'' ^'''■*'«"<' ^ff^ct of 
 wouldberequiredt?Suce?lJa StwaBvefv^'fn^"'*^ '^.^T'° ^^'°»» 
 ingof the last medicine X^Sr Jwson Xted^ho I^.k *^ ^'"^ "°*»>- 
 to his wife. The last dose of medidne gi^rt? that woirn '^^ P"'*?"'"" «'^° 
 she immediately fell into a state of nseSStv ww ^^ 7^ T""' «°d 
 ces attendtnff the la«t ho.,* nf *w l^"'.„".y•,._^^H ^'^IT^ *!>« circumstan- 
 
 fore herdealh, she ap-pe^red much StirX'c^eJsed^^wUh ^ 
 Dr. Fife, who saw her, said she was not In a daneeroulstate for rZ^-T^^\- 
 dose of medicine was given to her about nine Sock Lm-li;?!/ 't' ^ 
 every possible symptom of arsenical po sonins aid then if „L " ^'^^^ned 
 morning the prisoner gave her opium.^Sew^ay in which X *C?,^.\'" 1^" 
 death was thia^arsenic wa« the%oison the T'sonV'uled t Son\':f 
 
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 death, but she passed out of this world through the effects of opium having 
 at the Bame time aa amount of arsenic in her stomach which mSs hkve t,ri 
 duced death 1^) his (Mr-iGait's) miad, Dr. Nichol'. evidence proved entifeW 
 
 -that for the first eight days he did not feel much eftect from it But after 
 wards he began to suffer from the effects, with all (he symptoms of arsenical 
 poisoning. If that were so, and if his theory were cor ecttS 
 arsenic would accumulate, he must have had six or seven grans in his 
 eysten, if the effect of the poison w<is accumulative this wSuld have 
 killed Lira as two grains and a halfwunld produce fatal effects Mr Gait 
 here quoted cases from books which Mr. Cameron had used, against thkcumu 
 
 forJnl'''-7>' -^'"^'T' ^^T^'^' ^^^ was brought here on the p'u^t S ? The 
 defence said lie never knew the cumulative effects of arsenic to prod co death 
 though he had read of such cases. The way in which the prisoner hS spoken 
 to his wife of her disease saying that .she could not survive her c-ouSnemen" 
 that he wi.shed her to tell her mother of her trouble lest sh.. sho,,i;iTr^J: «• 
 suddenly, when it might be considered strange next S^^ iu rt'cw ^Then 
 the learned coun.sel read the letters produceif on the Ltday of t iTrial and 
 asked Ihejury to notice the important fact that King's Sr > • ' s Van 
 dervoort was dated the lOlh of October. That altuough he"a'd u ihat le tp; 
 th^t"-—-v,-^'i very ill," evidently alluding t.o his^wifV she w s not sVok 
 until four days afterwards. When Mi's. King died whv d hi nrLn 
 away ? There was no charge m ule againsJ him AnKh n he i-^etSne 
 Wm^o' r fnot/^'-*^ ^' f'> to Vandcrvoorfs-why did he take fbat gtl w "h 
 h^lZ ? ?'^, •'■ ^i"^'"*^ . ^^I'*' ^^*t *''« conduct of a man who believed^ he 
 had treated his wife medicinally with arenic? When at St. Vinceut a United 
 States officer, altogether unknown to him, asked at the door of the house if 
 there was anyone there from Brighton, and immediately the prisoner jumDed 
 through a wiodow, and made for the woods. Was that conduct consistent w^th 
 innocence? Did it not show a guilty knowledge in the mnSS tS 
 learned gentleman concluded by recapitulating the heads oSis arguments S 
 of lh?"ju?y. """"'"' ''''^' "''"'' ''""'^ "«' ""'' *° '^^P'''' "^^-^ upTtKinJs 
 
 f„?'^^TK^f"'' 11°''*^.^'"? *^ J"^ remarked that the question had been so 
 fully laid before them by the learned counsel, that there remained but lUtla 
 for him to say, beyond reading the evidence and making such fifvf remarks iS 
 seemed necessary. It was his opinion that Barker was right rrspecSth^ 
 cork not being in the bottle until th- morning when he took i 1 3„ f 1 # 
 toa. Professor Croft said that there was but sSt s ^n« nf Infl ^ ^!^^^ 
 
 after death. This was certainly a circumstance in favour if the prisoner b,^ 
 t must also betaken into consideration that another medical wKS'tSat 
 this would not be the case in all circumstaaceB. The learS Jud?e thPn r^ 
 ou without any remark the evidence, until he came to toat of lifriV^ 
 mother of the deceased, which, he said, required much careful consiSioi 
 The jury would remember that i»he, having the idea thaf th» ^rfa-^ ! 
 ■ioned the death of her daughter, might be Lpe^tJd^o en Lrten^Inr^ff 7-*^ 
 against him. The jury wo^uld s^e h^ow farhKstimory wlrbo?! out Ef 
 othor witnessess. and how much they could unreservediv J^Jnf wul 
 respect to the fall from the buggy, according to the mSr If % ^ 7^1^^ 
 daughter very little, and she dfo'Te on to'cUVon t?eSedaf%Se m 
 not complain of atiT illness until thrpn w^Bt. nFt... .u!„ .rr^r ""'' *?^ ?'« 
 
 fore her death. ">» iniportant to-iote-rhee^ait pSta o^S^S.^ 
 ,lf., (the ..cc«.5, .ha. sbelnn'sSf thS .Srconla 't> Kr, efcS 
 
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 apprise his patient wheufn a d^ nil " 'r';-''''*^ of a medical attendant to 
 that the prisoner hardTclarcd t,?f ri'^r'^r'^?'^ Sarah Anne Yonge swore 
 wife did not suit him in manv re^lZl tk" ^'-'^ ^^^ °L^'' '^^"'"'> ^^at his 
 words in the letter SthnrLn!rtnM-^''^r •'"7 '^'"'^^ also notice that the 
 "wasTcryill last Lht''^ f,»?r nr ? ^'f V^ndervoort, ^here he said _ 
 mtter wither, TsK8hTrfamn/r''''''yV^,''^"':' ^^''^ ^™« "^"ything the 
 went to Vandervoori's ami r/Si "f'!' P"! ^""'^ ^'""^'^ remember King 
 What passed on tSaroccaln;Tt"fe^ closeted with the girl' 
 
 Vandervoort, or put anv a iPKtTnn« l! m ^^^l^^^\ party examined Melinda 
 
 the interview ooZS T.^^,Tdbsee?'tt %!'''* ^'^. '^'^^^ ?'"<=«' ^"^ 
 medical evidence for the deLre werS alTof lt\i.T e:""^'.'^'"^'^ who gave 
 appeared that they freauentlv nfimlMLf / ^^ Homoeopathic school, and it 
 agreed ^ith ProfeyiTro? 'St arse^ ^^^^^ "' "''l'^'""- ^'' H™Pel 
 be administered during l?fe' It won he f.??.'-' ''"? '"*" *''^ ^'''''' «>»«* 
 could recoucile this with he statement of Z ^- "'"''^ *° ^P""^^'" ''^^ they 
 
 ble that he had not admrnist^ed an/airTo ° Us ^Ji? "^^ ^''4 
 whole question to as few noints a.., rTn^ivX. A ,j^' . • deducing the 
 
 First, what was the pr mr/cmisc^f K ' w^ ^?'^ l'^"^ ^° *!>•« W'^J- 
 or not, that is from Eo™on^adra nlterpS« L-^""' '' f''°™ ^'^^^ "^« «f Poi^on- 
 ation ? Arsenic was uidJubteX f >^m^ '?n T"?"' "°u "■%'' medicinal prepare 
 was no question about that ThL A ***." ''°?''°'' «^ ^^^ deceased, there 
 Croft, t?e strach of decease d^Zm^ofi?•^^ which reached Professor 
 whether they were satisfied th.'f ThT ^^^'dence given they must say 
 whether there wranyatiemn^r ifet ^n °° ^"^'^^""ce put into it ; and 
 doing so. If tLt stoJia h S'tSe Smach af'iy^f "'^^ ?.*^^^°" '"*"^^^«*«« «« 
 question arose, bow came the no son th^rf? I i '^'''^f' '^ ''°'"'*°' ^^^^ <he 
 for the defence, was, that t must hav5 i^.l .f ^T/ ""^ ''^ ^^ ^^^ witnesses 
 he considered inflammation Sust hl?e rnlll?.,*?''" ^^^'' ^'^^^> ^'''<'^^^ 
 spoken of by Professor SftTtttvl%fP"^*'i^^^ *° * S^'"*'^'^'' ^x^^-J* than 
 on one theory. AnSer was advLVerl £f ^'^ 'J"*/!'^ ^^''' ^««« »^rely 
 likely the course to be pS'ued and nTn^, Tt"'""^ treatment was most 
 deceased. Then again otSS^fwlf.^^^^^^ ^^ pursued in (he case of 
 
 woman out of tJZg^ ThlVotlPth^^^^^^^^ '^ ^^' 
 
 found, was, [no doubt sU'onc'aLmfif ^ .*'^°^ ^^ ^"'•*'' inflammation 
 
 jury had to^onsider St thf^.tn>: ^« "Violated fact. But then the 
 
 which inflammation w SlSther '^* "" ^-^ ''^^"^ *" *^' "'"^ ''^ 
 of poisoning or not. iKS^nlined L«i-'''°"I^ u'^^^^^ '" «" c^'^es 
 
 all hands c\ld not Imve got tSe?eS5er^;^^^^^^^^^ " ^'^^ "'^'"'"^^ «« 
 
 treatment were pleaded what rn,,M hot •, I- .V ^^'^ euppos ng ars- nical 
 stably who sworVtSShepHsorrtldhTm hi J.^/-'*'^'^ « Clark?, the con- 
 The two attempts of the SnoftVpinll^^ "J"' »"" '^''^•^'»'= «* a"? 
 
 but the jury mSst be cSl not t^ take f LT"'' ^''^ ^v." ^''"" ">^« «<^°«^^°t 5 
 His Lordship noticed s?.era Xr SnflS f "". ''^'" "*' P™°*' «f ^"i" 
 concluson,remidedtheffvtEtK/o ™P'''/''"^^ '^' '="««' a^^. in 
 not only to the prisouerS^RlJn tn <.7- f^ averyimpcrtantdniy to perform, 
 to see that he w^s nrc^uvicfed on Zert^.JJ"-' ^^'j !^.}^'' Prisoner wa^ 
 vinced of his guilt, thermnsti^otrairinv?^^^^^^^^^^ **"* '^ ^^^^ were con- 
 fer the mrpose ofVS. 1^™,^! ^"^ '^"l^.^.^'^pl d«»bt in their own minds 
 
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 I'^-a8notuntllthP„ff THE SENTENCE. 
 th« trial Ma? & P*'°°?f • The healthy coloui^haffrn'^ ;?'^"V° <h« ^"ck*^ 
 
 of murder 
 upon yon. 
 
 His £oRM„,pf!Jff'^« point." "'' *^^"^* «f *^'8 ', my conscience la 
 
 benefit of lH,S""™«t'^nce calculatS to indnoP ^.t?-*^".*'"'.'*^** ^7 ^^e 
 trayed: but « I Lf k'^'"'' ''« '^l^ays inYvou^^^^^^^ ^'^ P^^ J^" the 
 
 enormiyofthl?f'^'^""i''«Jn It is not mv fnf! P"'"?^'"' '"''' been por- 
 
 false hopes S V"^ « ^*>^ ''^'ords, elVe S vlw ^" T^''*^ ^'^ ^^^^ fi^^i^g 
 
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 weight of my position to it. I cannot see thaf Trnnra ,•<, 
 
 recomme.datioa is justifiable/ I am thus Sdnfw' " ''^'^ '° ""^'"^ ^""^^ * 
 act position, and how little reason tTieres fo hone ?i/fT "^^ ''""'^ ^""^ «'^- 
 ecutive in your b half. It is mv dnfv L «!^ h ^f ^^ *^^ influence of the Ex- 
 death. You are%Tl said befire ami nW'^'^t^*'''""'' ^'^P^^^ *» meet 
 for me to advise you to It an ear^LniS?''*'? ' ^^^^ '' ^« "<>' "^cessary 
 the forgiveness of you? Ss as a nreLr^fc'"'" ^\***° ^'^'"""^ °f Grace fi- 
 rem .inf for me to pass the scntenc^ of the CnnH T^ ^•'"'' ^°'^- ^^ "°^ «»ly 
 be conflned in the Common Si untifThurSythell'h^,?"' ^^'f ''' *^'^' ^^^ 
 which day you are to be t.ken t^tho riuZllf^ ^^ ^'^^ ^^ -^"no next, on 
 the neck unt 1 you are dead^ And ma^ Z ^ -'^^'^ '''°' ^""^ *^''' '"''"^''^ '^^ 
 
 The prisoner listened to the VSnaSsVfJhern^^^^^^^ "IT^?" ^ ""^ '^"1- 
 composure ; but in a few second,^f^, hll \.Jl^^ """^ i° ^^"-^ sentence with 
 
 quivW aU buryinSs f celrhis handLrchi f^h^^^^^ 'P'^"'^!"^' »»'« "P 
 by one, the props upon which he had reUed were 15001^0^/°''""''^'^^^"° 
 thq Judge had extinguished the 1 st rav of honp a ^'""^ "''^''" ^^'°- 
 8ta ed him In the face; from it th.re wasToescanT" irt h^f ""'"'T ^T^ 
 ne.8 and a conQdence during the triaUhat Se dfd^n^t f^el iTnTJ * ''^"■ 
 was to be gamed by dece, tion Hnmor^il * .^"' nothing now 
 
 man of strong will wept ftVs.than'Z."^^^ '*« ^^^^^ 5 ^^^ the 
 
 moved. It gives gZudsfVe belief ?hath?«\r.^^ *' ^'' ^""S*-'°'^ '^"- 
 repentanceisimpLbleor°mprobSie ^'« ^^^^tis not so seared that 
 
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