RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5392, 27 May 1879, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

. 1 Monday, May 26 ; ; v(Befol-e H.lEyre Kenny, Esq., R.M.) DRUNKENNESS. ■■ Wimatri^PHilips failed" to ! rahl#Br a charge;of. drunkennesß/and his bailTtf £1 ..was ordered to. t^jforf^ e a^_^^ V .* TTT-ii. A BOY ; BU »G;I(AIl.' " ' 3 """* !Oa '' . William Le Bas, a boy aged 14, was C ?^l^ hl br ?aking and entering "thX; shop"of MtWhite;: SEake^earemd^l 1 Saturday night: ■ He was reminded until Wednesday on the application of the p01ice..... •, :.:/,, ., ;1 ..-. ...;;-'j- ;; 0 ,;,'.Mi1 ! THE CHARGE OF WIPE MURDER. , I Roderick H. M/Lennan was charged • T^V^WPg the death' of wife'h'y "aaj ministering arsenib to her. / i p'^v 0 iJtoflypWp pr?^e6uted for^he Grown ; Mr Lascelles appeared for the defenc"eidif C)i • -Edward. Saunders, "boots" at the .Masbmo .Hotel, repeated! the evidence given by him w at the inquest; to the effect that on the. 27th ;Maroh the jprisdner Bent f him, at 5.30 .o?plock, in thg, morning, for DrpiOarp,, as t-hißL^prisprijjj's) wife^wascr ■ fi^C; '? n fchei3 o^ r Aprii witness smJ^S : the HNapier cemetery i a ; . b&dy, . whichvAeO identified, as ..thaV«6f !Mrs .M'LennaniO Abolit ten days' before Tier death.. he ¥aT> cleaning the i'bfidrppm 1 windows, qtfttttff h^iS} card; W^'*M f liennan -say rattftfr 1 ! aiiariiiy ,• " Don't give me^ify more p'f f tfia*^ horrible medicine; it f maizes > me ?> M f ßßfc a and .weak." Prisoner said, "Oh, hush, d^ar^ ;it ,frffl .dp'yptfgoo^i^iHe. 3^^^ i ; nujaDQr pfi Jbimißs^ and^Key ;^|gsayp*^gy peareds jto $$, - : fri«ndjy« lfene%ipiMSP§ra sent:-him fde the doctorche^ppe^^id^tjjjbjßy much dißtreßsed^and.itherft/werastraoe^olo tearsion- hißVfacei- .iHe asked! witnesßitb')&o.f fo'r^l^JPra&e^-thenUtiaidlil i._um al «koa | °3;ames J WUkihsoh^ in ?' thW r euTplSy^"d|B i Mebrs liarge¥nd Town%, iiidteailffiKia^ 1 to put the .body.of .M#M%Mf «« gft same.jett6ot!,ttß^that>.givjsn by liimratithe adjoumedianquest.iiiHejsta'tedithatlwJienl W iwte c'alledr ctot Mr3^>M;'Le>nan .(>9> «IW ' 17th Marohv'she>c6mplained?bl tftrgfituelF jin the chest and difficulty # breathirf ;for which he 'pryscrib'edil /On the same jeveningshetpld him that she waspregnant, isnd-suffef^ifrom-eicessive morning sidK-^ ness, and her husband made a similar'WEfeffli f 4fi;;W»' Herfjjhroat^waa jalaor |Maroh " the "deceased', said" she "suffered | from palpitation pf . the,. r hear padding ! that,,4he; tad Br fe^Kan^of j Geraldme j: :fqr^K/i!^Ag:.^^gg then ascribed it to pregnanbyf^^^^ it was of no consequence. Prisoner had alB6> v tbld.'him'!(wit'iiess) that.yshetha'd (SJn^: suited ©r Blairl of ©dnediri^ Ibr-W^Same complaint. When witness was^oSHe&^in offitHe" mprning;pf hey. death; tterprispEfeTt i appeared -muoh ■ affeotedi ■■"■' Hew ibnetic bitterly;" an^ 'said "that "she. .was'iin' , angeDbfialwicinian, .and; nev6i? icoat'him a sigh." WithrssAwaa the Bud^enness . pf her death,- #8, she appeared bo muchi better^ on mV preyiotis evenj^gir but 4!here . 'wakj nbthihg tb»'^ausejhifti c, tot spspeot anyth^g^^^eihadtffflri^hjreß^ four: days 1 considered her^asg 'j^rgerioua one incdilaeqitsnceiofitheioontinuatfoe of the excessive sickness. At 2-o'elook-iu the afternoonidf: the .death the priipneecame to him I 'and asiced him for a o'ejli^ cate of 'deathv' 'He gave the one produced, :,wljich , stated that death waß7du& to excess|ve 'ficUneßri^dbrmg^re^ialidy and to" syricope,' arising fr6m"drse|se J of the heart. He was jin somewhat i of J"a " fix" to state' the f cause 1 bf ■ death, -'for though he had no— doubir-th?,t she- died -^ from natural ' teiiilse's ' lie < cduld l n& ty&l 4i indicate any particular form of disease x^ V the heart. He paw the bpicty 'again-a^ihe ' jposf ' rnorieni '■ examination. 1 ' '< He" v wW- ( £s •' 'invited to that I| examihail;i6a-.bUt' l inyited himself. The result of the examination opnvincedjiim; that, Mrsi M'Lenhan! not pregnant. He still thought -her 'heart 1 was not sduhd. Hadihe knowffat the time of her death whathe>kne\r »ft^ , and had found no other cause sufficient to aocount for death, he would have given ; t|ife cause '6!Hho; death ;'aB J Bioknegs'lnH ' syncopeprobably due to 'diflease of the heart. Hebelieved that functionally the heart was diseased;- and he though t/it .poasible that had something -to- do with death, ■though he could' riot ' swear tha^itJhad. -He 'saw sbmethingah- thia mn^^^rag of ,the. heart;, which he - th6'u^^^^^t be fatty^degetiertUioti of He • suggested to iDr Spencer sthat ithe heart should' also, be B6rit) to {Wellington -for ainalyiais.- - u Fatty degeneration iofffcfe^^ hekr£ J Ke' 1 sn'Oul'd' 6&W BtrU r ctU!«ali'aißßßioV^ Dr Oaro concluded his exaraitiation^by reading f rbm'ia" book 3 'Wsued^uhaer*' W authority ;b'f ! 'tBe l .;ltbyal College of Phycians/ in 1 wWcK J i£ 'waus .stated that it was - not. i alw^y| J '*]pjDßßib|efj;.' ( ' I fiv^n after°ia'^oa^ »io^m tr efa ; min^ony' r tb f ,4woovei; apeoifio disease and advising that I ' ui I 'BUch u 'oaßeg some of the .lea^ng,, symptom's of "IKe disease Bhould benamed on the certificate. This he had done., v "' v . Crosa-exaraihed byfMr riaßc^llj9^W|t.nesfl thought he.was the [fir|Kt|mmfiou the' subject' of fatty degeneranon^analhe did so because the result of' ant exaiftin§> tion showed him that the hearts was irregular ;and r weak. s That«w6uld produce faintnesß. The symptoM 5 [described A at length^ were all signs bf )pregnancyj though not conclusive proof. Mrs M'Lennan's external appearance might be accounted for on the^.ground of droppy, and valvular djaeasie;' bf^ the heart, especially disease'^ : '6fp|he ( \|ricuspidal valvfe, would have a dropsical- tendency, though the disease which he thought^ existed v would ' not. J have. t ßUcli' an" jeffeot. The .!.._ manner,, of. . her.; death J' a^tStated^^y T 'M'LbHn4n; appeared toindicate u tharshe had died from fatty degeneration of jthe '•h'earfc' 0 He'examiuedher medicine-b'o'^ies on the 27th/ and'there was more medicine in. the.m than there Bhbuld'hafe'.'bSen. ; Sd 'did not notice any other tip£jjleif ! than ' "'those . containing the mediqin.es.' ( ! he '.'had prescribed. V TKere was not, bo 'tar' 'as* lie noticed j any peculiar smell in the room,, nor did the body emit any singular boor after death. He certainly did mot smell chjprofprm, 1 but, , the appearance. ;of v the body was consistent with death jErom the 1 , administration < of., chloroformiA^ If arsenic had been administered for^a'-wqek he would 1 have expected r to find a';swelling of the eyelids, as well as - of - : the ! outer c6Vering r of/^the eye! J'Mxk'- M'tiennan'H eyes were lustreless,' especially durinjf'the last "three or'four ' days, but h'e u afd a not nptice any, inflarainatipn, When , arsenic (l was given in dos?s larger, than would be administered medicinally it would cause severe, pain in the. stomach— rhq. should say,' :- fr6m l his^theoretical trainirig'; 1 that sufficient to cause' sickness would also give pain,, i and <he should: expect it to cause dysentery. Mrs M'Lennan did not ; complain toi hini.bfj.any.suoh; pajn^mpr !wa3 the other. symptom present*; j]He^ad ; had no personal experience ; of arsenitfal poisoning, but his ; medical- trainirigv.tttugfht him thfet paralysis f of 'the f limbs * |enef ally followed the administraiiqri;'^ Arsenic He had no idea, until the '^os't-Wqrtim examination, that TDr Spencer 'was attending Mrs M'Lennan. When witness made the suggestion that the heart should jaiso be sent to Wellington for analysis, Dr Spencer made no reply; So -farV/aalJhe knew, arsenic did riot make its Cw'ay into the heart, but other poisons, such as prnssic acid, did- so. Allthe effebtf tKat arsenic would have on the heart; would be to paralyse the muscular texture, '©urine the time he was in attendance 1 upotfMrs M'Lehidah he hkd bppor'tnmties of 0' 386 ?^ ty§ priaolqer'B -corWaW' and de»