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mixture of oatmeal and arsenic. He had heard the evidence
of those who had witnessed the illness and death of the
deceased, and believed that the symptoms were such as
would be produced in a person who had taken corrosive sub-
limate.
John Lawson, physician to the York County Hospital,
had heard the evidence of the witnesses, and was clearly of
opinion that the symptoms manifested by Rebecca Perigo,
were those produced by corrosive sublimate, and that her
death was occasioned by poison; if the quantity she had
taken had not been so great, she might have lived as her
husband did.
Jonas Lucas, surgeon, coincided in sentiment with Dr.
Lawson and Mr. Chorley, as to the cause of the deceased’s
death. s
The prisoner’s examination was then put in and read. It
was taken before the Mayor of Leeds, on the 16th January
last. In it she stated, that all the letters that had been sent
to Perigo, except the last five or six, were written by one
Hannah Potts. She denied having received several of the
articles which he had stated her to have obtained from him;
alleged she had paid him for others, and that she had not re-
ceived so much money from him as he had given account of.
Perigo, she said, the night before she was taken up, had
given her a bottle out of his pocket. Her husband had not
taken any of this bottle, but she did, and was very ill with
it, and picked up. She denied that she had ever sent the
boy for poison.
The prisoner being asked if she had any thing to
sav in her own defence, said she vtas innocent; but
had no witnesses to call tp contradict any of the evi-
dence.
The learned Judge proceeded to charge the Jury. The
indictment, he observed, contained two counts; the first
mixture of oatmeal and arsenic. He had heard the evidence
of those who had witnessed the illness and death of the
deceased, and believed that the symptoms were such as
would be produced in a person who had taken corrosive sub-
limate.
John Lawson, physician to the York County Hospital,
had heard the evidence of the witnesses, and was clearly of
opinion that the symptoms manifested by Rebecca Perigo,
were those produced by corrosive sublimate, and that her
death was occasioned by poison; if the quantity she had
taken had not been so great, she might have lived as her
husband did.
Jonas Lucas, surgeon, coincided in sentiment with Dr.
Lawson and Mr. Chorley, as to the cause of the deceased’s
death. s
The prisoner’s examination was then put in and read. It
was taken before the Mayor of Leeds, on the 16th January
last. In it she stated, that all the letters that had been sent
to Perigo, except the last five or six, were written by one
Hannah Potts. She denied having received several of the
articles which he had stated her to have obtained from him;
alleged she had paid him for others, and that she had not re-
ceived so much money from him as he had given account of.
Perigo, she said, the night before she was taken up, had
given her a bottle out of his pocket. Her husband had not
taken any of this bottle, but she did, and was very ill with
it, and picked up. She denied that she had ever sent the
boy for poison.
The prisoner being asked if she had any thing to
sav in her own defence, said she vtas innocent; but
had no witnesses to call tp contradict any of the evi-
dence.
The learned Judge proceeded to charge the Jury. The
indictment, he observed, contained two counts; the first