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 which succeeded the swallowing of it, as described by Lady Boughton, was poison; and the immediate cause of his death.

Q. Please to smell upon that bottle; what in your judgment is the noxious medicine in that bottle?

A. I know the liquid well; it is a distillation of laurel leaves, commonly called laurel water.

Q. You have heard Mr. Powell's account of the mixture he prepared for Sir Theodosius Boughton; was the mixture innocent and proper?

A. In my opinion it was perfectly innocent.

Q. You have said that in your judgment laurel water is contained in this bottle?

A. Yes.

Q. Have you made any particular experiments upon the effects of laurel water?

A. I have several.

Q. You will please to relate the particular experiments you have made, and the appearances in consequence of those experiments?

A. Mr. Wilmer and I made experiments together; our first experiment with laurel water was upon a middle sized dog; I held his mouth open and there was I believe nearly two ounces of laurel water poured down his throat. I held the dog between my knees: in half a minute as nearly as I can guess, he dropped dead to the ground without any motion, except a tremulous motion once or twice of the lower jaw. The next animal on which I tried the laurel water was likewise in company with Mr. Wilmer. To an aged mare, we gave at repeated intervals out of an horn, I believe about a pint and an half of laurel water In about two minutes she was precipitated to the ground with her head under her, and then tumbled on her back kicking violently; she afterwards lay without kicking but seemed convulsed, her eyes rolling about, rearing up her head as if in agonies, gulping at her stomach as if something lay there exceeding offensive to her; and at that instant and during the whole time she lived afterwards, heaving in the flanks in a most