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 She had put a little of it into his cup of tea; but that he never drank it; that part of the powder swimming at top of the tea, and part sinking at the bottom, she had poured it out of the window.

See Hargrave's State Trials. Vol. 10.

Extracts from the Evidence delivered on the Trial of John Donellan, Esq. for the Wilful Murder, by Poison, of Sir Theodosius Edward Allesley Boughton, Bart. at the Assizes at Warwick, on Friday, March 30th, 1781.

(Taken in Short-hand by J. Gurney.)

EVIDENCE FOR THE CROWN.

Lady Anna Maria Boughton, Mother of the deceased, Sworn—Examined by Mr. Howorth.

Q. Give the Jury an account of the physic you gave him, and the manner of its operation.

A. I asked him where the bottle was: he said it stood there upon the shelf. First of all he desired me to get him a bit of cheese in order to take the taste out of his mouth, which I did: he desired me to read the lable; I accordingly did, and found there was written upon it, Purging draught for Sir Theodosius Boughton.

Q. When you gave him the draught, did he make any, and what observations upon it?

A. As I was talking to him I omitted shaking the bottle: he, observing that, said, Pour it back again, and shake the bottle, and in so doing I spilt part of it upon the table; the