THE CONWAY CASE.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 10991, 14 June 1901, Page 6

THE CONWAY CASE.

.STATEMENT BY THE ACCUSED. ; United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received June 13th, 9.15 p.m.) SYDNEY, June 13. The Conway case was resumed to-day. Miss Huddleston, re-called, admitted that the stout she drank on the night of Conway's death had a distinctly bitter taste. After the case for the prosecution closed, the accused addressed the jury at some length. In a voice broken and low she declared she was absolutely innocent of the charge. She denied being on deck on the Saturday, Sunday, or Monday. She came to Syidnej" witjh her; husband's consent. The parents of the child she had eared went Home eleven, years ago but' returned twelve months ago, and settled a policy on the child's life for £500 on her. She gave details of her connection with Conway, already known', and concluded by saying that if Oonway could only rise from his grave he would declare her innocence.

Counsel for the defence sought to show that strychnine was a cumulative poison, that Conway, who had been in ill-health, and, as the post-mortem showed, from Bright , * disease, probably took a tonic, of which trtrychnin6 formed part. The poison accumulated, and suddenly acted fatally.

After a lengthy and lucid summing up by the Judge, the jury, after thrice returning to ask questions, were locked up for the night.