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 him how long she had been ill, and he said she was taken ill the evening before.

Did any thing more pass?—Mr. Donnall told me that she had been at church twice that Sunday.

Did you then proceed into the room, or did any thing more pass?—Nothing more passed.

When you went into her room, she was in bed?—Yes, Sir, she was; I asked some questions of her attendants, before I spoke to Mrs. Downing; she required some rousing before she could answer questions.

Were you able to rouse her?—Yes, Sir.

Do you recollect any thing particular, as to her situation?—I asked her if she felt any pain, and she said she felt heat in her stomach, and also cramp in her legs; I then felt her pulse, and found it a frequent fluttering pulse. I then went down into the parlour again with Mr. Donnell, and wrote a prescription.

Did you make any further inquiries about the state of her body before you wrote the prescription?—I asked some questions of Mr. Donnall as to the state of her stomach and bowels, and he said that she had violent sickness, and that her bowels were very much relaxed.

After this you wrote the prescription?—Yes, Sir.

Did you at that time form, or could you form, any judgment of her danger, or that it was likely she would recover?—I found that she was in very great danger.

You had been apprised that she had symptoms of Cholera Morbus; did you observe any thing of that kind?—No; at that time she had no sickness.

Was her state such as to shew that she had?—There was nothing particular to draw my attention to that being her state; there was nothing to shew the causes of the disease at that time.

How long did you stay on that occasion?—I suppose about twenty minutes; I am not certain as to the time.

Did you learn from the prisoner whether he himself had given any medicine?—I understood that he had given an