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 blood-vessel had broke which had occasioned Sir Theodosius's death.

Q. Did Mr. Donellan bring any thing to you at or about the time of Sir Theodosius's death?

A. No.

Q. At any time before his death?

A. No, nothing at all.

Q. Did he never bring you any thing for any purpose?

A. No.

Q. Was any thing brought to you by Mr. Donellan within a fortnight or three weeks before the death of Sir Theodosius Boughton?

A. No.

Counsel for the Prisoner to Lady Boughton. Did Sir Theodosius Boughton speak at all after he had taken the medicine?

Lady Boughton. Not at all.

Mr. Geast to Catharine Amos. You said you was cook maid?

A. Yes.

Q. Was the oven under your direction?

A. Yes.

Q. Was any thing brought to you at any time?

A. Yes, a still.

Q. Who brought it?

A. Mr. Donellan.

Q. When was it?

A. Sometime after Sir Theodosius's death.

Q. How long after?

A. To the best of my remembrance it might be a fortnight.

Q. What was there in it?

A. Nothing. It had been washed. He desired me to put it into the oven to dry it, that it might not rust; I said if I put it in then it would unsolder it, as it was made of tin.