TRIAL OF CAPTAIN JARVEY FOR POISONING HIS WIFE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 1013, 18 March 1865, Page 5

TRIAL OF CAPTAIN JARVEY FOR POISONING HIS WIFE.

SUPREME COURT-CRIMINAL SITTJtKG

Fjuj>ay, March 17m. (Before hie Honor, Mr Justfe* Chapman,) His Honor tuck his stat punctually at ten o'ciocU. Tta Court wn» crowded nearly Inlf an hotsr befor^ tin jury enle>e<l, In ebmrga r.f th« officers in wh *c cuHtcdy they had pscecd the night at thf Shamrock Hotd?h« Crown Pro ecutnr {Vhr. James HownrtbJ con<!u'-tc'l the case for tlio Crown, bdng afftfetect hy Mr Jsmefi Pr.citercasi nnd Mr HeDry Howorib. Mr James Smith was counsel for tbe prisoner. The following *vs<?ence wa« gt»en :— Andrew Kfnjr, examine I by Mf 11. Howorlfct Itm rhi _f n.U wnr.l of the Titania. I Inve held thy appourrr.ei.t since she canie to New Zealitnrf, wtiiih is abou'i two years. I was on board «li;n sljfi wns on ihi flip, but left twu or three das« b> fore sM csrni! off the flip. If wat somewhere abent tho end of September. I newr «wr any rats on board Tdo not know of &n\tbinfr baling ne*n hrnnuht orlnid to <WJtoy rats. Mr Hrdth : 'Ihero is no tuch office as poitoncr ihrre, f« there! KKtimlnniion continued : The butcher's meat wna l«?pt on dpck, and the groccriei in the cabin. ! rpin'm^er once a mouse having hetn at ramo cbeeM! ; thnt was the only tims I recoil" ct «ny?bJ;>st of thu Rort. It was aliout the sJ7th Hcptemh*r ihat ! left ihe steamer for a week in town. I wa« prer ously coh-tnn'ly oa boa*d I kt ow a Miss Little. I fii-st knew her about 1& ra nths u<!o, 1 h'ti! a c<>iinms<tioii from a publinun at Invercar^ill, to fitt a servant for him. I wmt to Mrs AlpeKny lor one, and 1 b Herfe Miss Littltt vias scat bbn went down In the TU mia, more than 18 moiithn seo. Captain Jsrvcy ttna In command of her tbaf, vny«g«. Nothing particular trunspired on that o cobiod. Tb«r captain was attentive to all the passenger a. 1 and the captain \v<& frequent con— vfr-^tions about ht It may h«v- been on the ln«t trip that I conversed wiili him on th" suhjrt We have n»t spoken since, except about iiiflh>p maticra a day or two after. Mr H Howorth : Will you b* (rood enoogb. to , a'a"e wbnt tbo cfliivirEntloii wa» ? Mr Hmith o'-jiKtcJ *o the wistess giving de-" ttii'u of nnv conversotiors. Tl>o Judpe lo Mr H. tloworfb: A«aaroln^yaa intend to prove tome fact as to thi« woman Little, h.'w Hre ttjeso Minvemtions—conversations with a stra'.isrcr —to be made to prove it 1 Mr t-. Bo^o'th : It wn intenrfed lo prove the nature of the transactions between this woman nnd the prisoner Thi- Judg« : I have doubts whether (he cor— venations arc a''ftis ib!e I "fill not any al>jotatp'y, they may not lie: but in the p-fEenfc ntnte of iho |iroceedißg-», ynu h id bettr not press the point. Mai caret Lif tie wa« called by Mr H. Howortfe a«d Idontifle ' by the witnew. Fx»Di!nation rontinued ; I remember on one oceiii'n V\% ssyinir The Ju.'g-, to Mr H. Howorth : If yon want in prove a collateral fact, I think the convert ■atinns are too remote. Mr Pn-cdergast: On the part of the prosecution. 1 may cay, it U intended to prove a motive ; a'thouirb In a ca*e of ihtßotort, a motive I* )>y no meiins a principal part of the evMr-nce ; vft. it i<< in f-aah crs'b as thin a material element^ I have already indicated the kind of m»tive it is inioni'p'i t-> charge, and it Is lo prove thai it can be established by thece cony r?atioo». Mr^mi'b: It it is intended by my friend to*git the fabswnce «f these conv<-iß*'ionß before the ju'y by a side wint*. I shall fe»l it my daty to a k yonr Honor to direct tlie j«ry to withdraw until the ci«e is arcufifl. The Judtre: Wh»n « judjre flxpre«»i*a a donbt a» to the ftdnri»*lH!fty of certain evidence, it i* not n*u»Hy pre-»ed after J_h»t expreseion. If it were, what^vpr the wdiot of the jny, tb» sentence woa'd mo^t probably not ba carried oat. Mr Pren'i<rga-t: Tbe Court i« fally awars of the UnA of evidence we propose lo bring fopw»r<!. The Ju' Teß: I thtnfc it bas be»n made rafiici.n'iy evident what it is. and I bwe strong douh sas to wbetlier It in ndsvirs bin If yow prooijd it bnrii. I will ro', e*j I mi2lit ultimately ur'nit it. ft I may peihap* deciiii' thai itii admi'ii*!!*, hot my <loubt i« thN: Where there is •lisLinrt pvidenflp of » fact, conversa-ion* aro ad-. ni'3"ib'e as crroboratioti, but whero i' ia tomo remote or cMlttteral fact whhli is Foup;]it to ba «-•(»■ lifb'd. then it is ">o remote to prciis it. Mr Prenrleraa-t: W* will not pr^OT it. MrSniit'i : Bat you i>ove r>re*«eil it. The Jtidue: I' ha? not teen at ail too urjrentfy pre-fed. Mr Sml'h. They have acquiesced vriih a frood ktbc« in my aiißit'ation. Kximinstlon continued: I know she retnrael t-» i-nnidin a few montl'n) af't-r ■ bad beca down at -nvercargiU. The prisoner had charge of the ye»«"! a' th'-i »itn>». Oroßs rx^mlned by Mr Smith : Too sum and mMunce of my evidence reswc'lnß R'iss Little is that obe wi>nt dtwn lo Invcrcwei!! aud returnfif af'ftr a fa<r months My Fenfe of unelt fa or. a-lonally noute. I said ocPiwlonnlJy. beenaßa nt pe^enf I h ye a cod, and cm not smeii to well a- a'- oiber tlmet. Ido not knov whe'lxr I conlJ (HHtlngfu «h thi- sme 11 f rut* a'tboui?li I have been atew-ird or ay- ssel for li) or 14 years. rh» "totmer I etme out from home in had rats on hoinr. and i never saw or smelt twy of*he ra-s nlthnn -h she was iofeßtml with th-na. They were amonu the emeo, and we dM not know ft tifj wo came out. I cannot tell whether or not I was the only man I did not know it is so long: R"o. J B6vr thonghe of rals till t>ie ewgowao tume» out I *'« the ea-in on «hfch your hand rea'B, *>ut I misht not t- collect if. ten ye m bencn. and don't think i could tee a rat in the «»me w«y. I never peicelved any f»t\ nor had we««y annoyance riariou the voyage. I nevw live* moch on shore, and cannot t«-ll ho >t »h y «'*eil »n h re I never «v » r»t «n board the Titaau; h B » UddVll. the Eneineer, *bnw*& ms bh clotbe» which b«»i been ea'en bywjineHiing ' But Mfocd deiriott from bim, I q*ver t&w *»ts on board tbo i iifti'i i- not even up tn tbe preienfc time. I' *»w o-it> mou.-e in the i*Kief caltif. That is tfe« mou«e I a«w fttfbe mm« m>>ni«it with Ebewwaft stf w»rd. I did not' know whether it vbb '•> pet ; move or not as I did not catch ft. | f Vlievft te» a"8 r»ts in Dnnertin, for I Mtr one today. I- beHevn thertt i are n»nv both to DuoodSn and li.vsrcargltl. 11 do cot know whether raU could or could 'not bo n board tbe Tituta. hut We ■ w»c never oanoyed by them, 1 never heard ft rat >qu«&k> 1111$ oa UmiA ihe TiUoi*. I never, baud nte

aqanikleg in a hoiisc. and never Leird them on {board the TiUtiiu. Jf they tJestrojed 31 r Lid dell's elotbes they vurs far et,cup!i from me. I rtonotrsr<jlkc!; a rat-ho!» on hosmi the Tjsai/ia X «*fti<J in. Ib« ia,i\t»' robin darlnjj the time *be ores on the *li;»; we vovt *iay in the cn'iiu en deck, Itioßot know that any one «a present vben Mr Lldiett iosw!e the cinplaint of hla dlotfie« bf-icg ((area by rate. I >M out think ! vaa preeem on liesritiK Cnpinin Jarvty isity bt would g«l rsometl foe: lo <!ealroy r^U-i c»n»oi femetobur I;eiuj£ prc<«nt at ttt it r csnveriaitior, lew fiw«&r ||K>»i)ivft,y I n<v«r h^ard Captain JTssrwy cay to Mr L^rfell "1 will brfop sonccthinjt to de»iroy rat* " I njlttbtfiaT* been vrr>enr, liut I t)tve<* h?ar«3 it. Kunuuly, a black man, w*-c;ok na }i4a,rd at (hat t:wc, ;mJ hsvl to do with tiie h«f Hnd iLUtirm on iffek. I k»pt the stores. He had baric; acd roff«e <--"■■:! sugar in iiif jralicf, wlvirb he iir<-w at nk'ht to ue<* in Ihe moruincr. I do not recollect his eiying the rats wen: m> otitra^ooM :» to nin awny with bits iXxnoA. I'donot rcmtmher whe-n Stevens lcit tbe tlifp—Milim. fhaiiKC contijiunily. I cannot apeak pbfitivt-ly hwv loiifj it v* cincfi he left. I ciunnot say he was not there tiil the end of Sep. tanner. * Mr BobUwon'a book will speak posi•tivdy as to tbe itirne of his leaving. The Jwl^e: 1 left tbe vessel on the 271h Septirrober to come up foi a week. I hurt my lejc. All the people tmd the utore* were kept on boara. I hf:lievi: the engineer Kfwkc of his clothes being eaten while the v««el was on the slip s few days !»eforo I left to <wne to town. A* near a* I con recollect; ilicrc was n hole eaten in the tail of it ntioiit four incliCT in diameter; it looked gnawed!ike. Wicholßt * aloney, (xantincd by Mr Premier jgsutt: I am a eon'tut !e in the (Hugo tnroe, (.laUoDcl in fiir crfin, and wa» so *o in iJectnber tat On ihe 31st J)e«ml*r, 1 w«* prewnt in tit» Oburch of England Cemetery, when Vn Holme attd Alexander were malticg a'j <-xamipatisn of a body.. I saw tbe name, *' Ctitherine lane Jamy" on the coffin. I think it wan Dr Alexander who f.lsce;l toae portion of tht« body In n j jr. ai;d Bitift portion fn another jtr. Bach jar wfta cotereil with a piece of Maducr. by Dr Huirne. and I lied it down with cord. The jam were afterwurd* wrapped in paper by DreHulmo »nd Alexander, end tied rennd with whit's tape. They were raparate parcels. At thn Plough Inn, to which I carried the )tte, Dr Huirne put a seal nn the tape*; liv had Bocompnn!eil me to the inn. This is the fifral. 1 brought th» jam to town,an') niaoed them on a fhcifin the office of Mr Inspector Morton, where th*y rcmnincd'tt'lcnst two days, £ looiiioe to. them occat'ionslly, aa instructed, to ccc that they were not diiturbtd. By the Jadge : The office was lor&ei at night. Kitainioatlon isontinaed: I observed that the janremained on'ouehed. Cn the sth Janmry. / handed, th« j;ir« a?aln to Drs Hulme and A!ea*n«Jpr, in the some state as I received them on tbe 3Ut December. Th<! doctors, in my |ires?nc, placed each jtr in a tin, with a cover, and eacb cover was Doulf.-red down by a tirnn-tn. There was a piece of tape put upon the cover of each to tbe body of <h<: tin, ami on the tspo wan placed the »etil o'" th« ComraUtioncr of Potbre. I recognise the seal now handed 11 m; as Ihs out used. I placed the tins in an old gin caw. nailed it down, and coaveyei it to Melbourne The case mm In my ehante daring the voyage; I kept it In or under the bunk in my cabio. Ua the 23rl January, I hind<?'l the tins to Dr Macadam - Tidying taken them oat of the gin case before he itaw them The seal of the Commissioner was undisturbed. I opened to* tin* in Dr Macadam's presence, and I banded the jars to him, in tbe tiSroe state as whon I saw them put in and Kenlci fey Drs Hulme and Alexander. I left the jm with Dr Maradam. I believe the tins and the waled tape* produced to he the same tjbat weretiso'i By the Judge: I brought a document from Dr Macadam. Edwsni Hainjf: I am a phyaician and surgeon, end earK<"on to !lii Duuedlu llospitn! lam a member of tho hnvai Coliegfi of Surgeons, f-on-<lon. end have been in practice 2G years. Lan Provincial Surgeon here. On.the 31st December I made a post mortem examination of a body in tbe Church cf England Cemetery. I was present frrm the oummttnc^mfnt cf the disinterment; and so were lir Alexander, the Coroner, and the jury. I fsw a coffin, on the H<l of which was a plate, .bcaunp, in gilt letters, '' Catherine Jano darvcy." I saw the coffin opened. Tber« who in it. a body enveloped U* liucu, nod about the centre of it, just ow the otomach, wa« wriMen, ia bla< k, ink, "Jarvfy". There was also an mder garment, aim on thU, al^o, "Jarv«y" was written. I observ. d the bands jf«e sliehtly clenched, and tho fcra-arm-i tlltiitly ben?., so an to raise !ho hands up and slightly over tbe abdomen. The hands were not quite clenched; the lips of the fingers did not touch the palm* of the hand. ..The Coronr-r was not jiresent at the post mortem, and the j'iry retired fiftcr the coffin Illd had men taken off an 1 th ■;>' had viewed the hotly. Dr Alexander openoi the t>oiv. We tied tho stomach, and took it out. There wasji fonsi'lerable qaantify of fluid ia the stomach. We placed 'he ttoiuach in a jar; I am not certain whether ConHtablr Malonev was present. • I coverrd the jir with bladder. -It was & new jtr ulaz'-d. and qai'e o'ean inside. I ti^il the btiuluer, and this was covered with paper Dr Alexander took out of She body ?. portion of the ltffr; and we put that into auothtr j»r, wmiIfflr to the first, uijid which I saw w.is also clean. We tied that one flown in a similar manner. The jar* Eemainei) by our side nutil we had fitii-htd our exnminaUou.: \?e went withvthe constib!e to on inp on the Qivarslunn Rood, whore I waled thß jus: th«v Wflro carried there by Connuble BL'iloncy. They w-re tie I down wi'h white tape, I think, and I sailrd them. I kept an impression of ill a Bt>al. Tho tape produced bears the. impress of the seal I used. The jirs were than f^iven into tho charge of Maloney. Somn days afterwards they were reproduce 1 at the 2- lice Office, aid tlioy were then precisely in the same ulato in which f had left them at the inn- Karh jar was now put into a tin ; I raw the lids ; eol--iflorad; aud they were sealeJ with the police seal, by Dr Altxander, in my presence. The seals Known to me on two tin cans arc tho same as were used; and thn j ir« and Una are akp simt'ilh From the pout morlem examination, tyo found, thatthe Uiiies v-cre inflited ; the heart wasqnite empty of blood, aml-'flaccid. There wo« a considerable quantity of fluid blood loose in the cavity of the cheat. We oprnel the womb, whloh containetl. a female child, of about tix smonths. Dr Alexander etill used the knife I looked on. I obseivad nothing morbid, except Rome smnll tubercles in the liv^r, and an al htx'-on of the right lung tw the riiw. The body wasd>composed. Vfe could not,.from iha post mortem examinatioai Socm nny.,opinion whiteVer as ta the coubo of death. We lamia no examination of tho brain or tho spinal marrow, as tho lonir time the body had bsen burled rentJe'ed Buoh na examination nsrless. I observed thit the legs were s'raiEht down; but we did not iiiak" any particular examination of them 1 found that thn arias word semi fl-xvijand Btitt"-r bent, at I have before describe.!, i also examined the rib j, to see whether any of them were b/oken.. but thsy w^re not so. I bad previously examined "the body of a surgeon who bad destroyed hiai<etf by takinar 12 gr of strychnia, and I. particuUrly i:o!.icedtliithisarm.4 werenemi-flextd. I h»d been told that he had takei 12 gr. of tha poison, f ■know-nothing of the fact . Mr. Smith: I object to the witness giving -evidence except he knows of his own knowledge "what he is speaking1 about. The Judge: Unless he can say that the same fixed condition of the arms as he saw, if n position following the taking of strychnine, his evidence is of no import. Mr Prcndcrjjast: When mcdicnl men come to give evidence they not only speak from their own experience, hut from their experience of books. Tho Judso: He examinee! the body of n surgeon said to have laken strychnine. If tic had any m-won to know that that man took strychnine, he would have a foundation for hi* evidence; or if he knew other cases!, he would have a difiercnt foundation The Witness: There is no doubt about that casj. The Judpje: Do you know what is the condition of the arms of a person who has taken strychaiine ? Thn Witness: No, I never saw that stated in any hook. The Judge: He niay dwerihe the state of the ■ arms, and you may jpt the fsct about tho poison from some other -witness. He can describe the state of the arras, and my that from something he knew, he more particularly exnmlned them, unless he can testify that what lie saw was a result of strychnine poisoning. Mr Prendergast; JUoes your Honor say that nzless he can testify that this person died cf

$Veychmw, that he is not Able to gtve evidence of want he *aw } The Judge: Jf he knows from scientific teschiaffS what the position of the arm* are said to be. that «ojS(J bs* cood reason fur hUex-ttnin-ing them part iealarly, &cd it wotiid wake Ssis eUteuKSDt evidence for wb>t it i* worth. But i 1 h? can ssy, " I examined the bcM-iy of a mas «h-> f know dic4 of strychnine," it woa'd be to much tbe ftiroDßer —thi.ro would be a. better cnpSiujt of the two circamttancta Air Preudeigast: as I ncdenilaad, whn ptectlemen come from UotpiuU to g£ve evidenct The JttrffiC : Oh ! you don't understand nre. ft i in competent for him to*ay that from books or ; tcicnti&c teacbtagit, ht i;e!iev-« in a c-rta'n ron- | ic<ju*oce ; but iuat U mnch w*«ker eciflenne i ti.an if he coultt tay, *' I havo cxi wuo» p.-isons. who have i'.iwi from slrychnioe, aa<( each was the portion of the Jiint'Es.' Hut we ran:iot msume w:>at h« »-titf!« cs te tbss rfesiJ *ur(?e-«> to be a roafl </f hin own experience. The dwiiociion i^ e'ear ,-m iJi.y-iij(ht. Mr Prebd reast: I understanl th-it wben surppons from Ho^pita's are cs>!td to give evidence. ih>y ar« entirety Jgaorunt of their owa know. Uiiid of the cw*e of dea'h -, bnt it boW to them, "'I hig man di' d of such and «neb n thi"K-" 'ihe Judge: If yoa sreeapabie ot whowiugr that tlit« unknown turgeon died !rom strjebniae, It will do ■ Mr Prendcrgast: No, your Honor, I am not , , The Jodge : Th«n jou had better examine Xir «alm« on his scientific knowledge That would fte endeac, and very good evidence, tco, I have no doubt, Bxitiiination continue'!: 1h« name of tin* surgeon was Gre n. His bncy wa^ droogbt into our MaHpita! about two years a;jo. The body lay in th; Hcpitai for ue-Jrly threu day«. 1 examined the am a every day. Air IV ndergait: Be po*»l enough to describe the result r>f year observation. Mr .^mitb : To save tlm»>, end to prevent the whtthr.hu of wh=»(- is not evidence, t will ask, can my frif n'l prov« that this deceased person di>:d from HirycU'iin" 1 The Jiklkc: Very proper, Mr Prenderpfast must lav ft fouudfitiou for tiii';. If he cannot show from wlint this person died, he must examine Dr Hufinc on bis own scientific knowledge. Examination continued: I cannot, from my own knowledge, say of what this surgeon died. Mr Pmidcrgiist: Your Honor, 1 cannot call all the witnesses who appeared before the Coronor to show the eatUM of the death of this person. The Judge: Unless you can show that he died of strychnine, the evidence L» of no consequence. Ask him it he has any knowledge of cases of strychnine poisoning. Examination continued: Ineversnw a person poison himself with strychnine. I say that I have been2o years in practice. Inm Acquainted with idioputliio and traumative tetanui, and I am also acquniuted with the iJlnr»s called puerperal convulsioiiN. I lienrd the evidence (tiven by Miss Jnrvey, and I ohsjrvcd the symptoms which she described as manifested by her mother, previous to death.

Mr .Smith: The proper way, I submit, is that the evidence (should be read. The witness may not^be thinking of the same things* as those to which my friend refer. Tiie Judge : It hnd tetter be read; it is so vague as it stands. Kir Prcnderftast: If lam forced to do so, your Honor, I will. Mr Smith: It inny save time in my cross-ex-amination. If my friend does not do it, I shall itare to do it. Examination continued : In my judgment, the symptoms described by Miss Jarvey were not those 'o'fpuerpe id convulsions. A person about to be so niil-ctctl, has generally violent pains in the in the head and sometimes in the stomach; there is n violent pain at the back of the hend generally; If talking, she suddenly becomes silent; and on looking at her, you observe that she is insensible. There are twitchings of the muscles of the face; there is a difficulty in breathing; and then (.he become generally convulsed. Her hands are clenched, nnd her arm* are tossed about; her jaws are closed, and the tongue is forced against the tt-etii; the teeth arc then slightly separated, and the tongue is often thrust between the teeth. On the closure of the mouth ngain, the tongue is bitten or lacerated, olten. I mean, that is so by the involuntary dosing of the mouth, from convulsion.* There is a hissing sound in the breathing, (Caused by the breath being forced between the teeth; the saliva w often forced out of the mouth, in n frothy stnte, and sometimes bloody, if there is laceration of the tongue: the face w livid and distorted, nnd the eyes arc fixed and staring. AH this time, s-he is insensible. The involuntary movements are peculiar. Involuntary contraction alternates with relaxation, —what are called clouic spasms. The arms are bent and thrust for wa id and backward, instead of being pushed out and remaining fixed, «i in tetanic convulsion. 1 have not frequently met wilh cases of puerperal convulsions. I have been in Duncdin nearly nine years, but I never met with a ease litre. "By the' Judge: The convulsions are snore likely to occur in the latter portion of the period ol pregnancy. ■ Examination continued: I" mean within the last month, and nt the full period. They are mote frequent during parturition. I saw rtian; cases before 1 came to Duhedin. I saw six or eight in the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, which is exclusively devoted to women about to be confined. I am certain that I saw six eases in six months, during that period there were about 1,IOC) labors in the hospital. None of those attacks vvas fatal. They were nil in women with the first child, and occurred when labor was coming on. I can say from my experience and study that the disease*is not frequent—it is rare. In n\\ the cases I hove seen, I did not detect anything like tetanic symptoms. I know Dr Harasbottom'*! work, "Obstetric Medicine nnd Surg<iry." I agree wish the opinion read to me, (p. 401)) thaf it would, lie a certain result of death from puerperal convulsions, thiit the child should be born nlso. 'I think that the symptoms described by Miss Jarvey, which arc inconsistent with puerperal convulsions, isre all these relating to the premonitory, crying out about " my limbs being so stiff," and '"' feeling so funny," clutch* ing at a table," would be an impossibility with a woman in nucrpertl convulsions —lira hands would Iks clenched ; she could not speak as Miss Jnrvcy described her mother to have spoken. When Miss Jarvey spoke of her mother after iK-ing laid on the "bed, "going into a fit and straightening her limits," she described tetanic convulsions, which arc the very opposite of puerperal convulsions. To "work tier limbs straight" was not a symptom of •'puerperal convulsions. I nover heard n woman-in puerperal convulsions "scream at intervals;" nnd a woman so affected would not "writhe in agony " on her lips being moislened with vinegar and water. It would not be likely that a woman in those convulsions wou'.d scream, out " Oh!" and "Oh my I" and to have moaned. If seized with the convulsions, she would remain insensible during the whole period of their conti uancc. I have mnrtc experiments with strychnine, on iininnls. Mr Smith : I submit that evidence of experiment? is not admissible, unless they are made on the human sysSein. The Judge: I think it is admissible, if it is preyed; but if it. i*, I shall tell the ju<-y that it is to lie received with very great caution. It was admitted in Palmer's case ; but I confess I wondered that it should have been. Examination continued: I have seen animals killed with strychnine. I never knew a particular dose used—it was given at random in any cases I have seen. The symptoms commenced with slight twitchiugs about the neck and thront, nnd then the animal went into convulsions of a tetanic form. The body is quite stiff nnd bent, nnd all the legs are thrust out. 'flic convulsion makes the limbs quite rigid, but with a slight quivering motion. After ft short time the convulsions cea cd—perhaps in one or two minutes; the animals appear quite sensible in the interval, but touching them will reproduce >he <onviilsions. I have heard some of them cry out, nnd I believe th-y would all cry out if they could; but the muscles of the throat nnd chest appear to be fixed During the interval after the convulsions, the animals will get «p and move abou'; but convulsions recur, and death has taken place in the cases I have seen from a. quarter to half an hour after the administration of the poison. I hr.ye handled the bodies of doss so poisoned. The muscles were relaxed at the time of death. I never- noted: the . period teat elapsed before rigidity came on again. The stillness always appeared to me to be unnatural—greater than in ordinary cases of death. I have beeti able to hold the borfv of a cat quite straight out by the Mud leg.

Sir Prenttergrast: Yoa nave beatd the evidence Kiwaa by Miss Jarre? of the symptom* showni iiy her wither? Ye*. You ray that you never saw a jwwtm that you knew, to Ji»yc been poisoned »y «riyehiiin«?— No, sever. Am the symptoms detailed by Miss Jai-rey con<i«tsnt with pesoninjr hy strychnine ?—i don't know that 1 am allowed to answer that attention. The Judfto: If be did, I should tell the jury not to consider it. Mr I'rendergnst: That was the nature of a gxjorl d«il of evidence in Palmer's cose. ; Tlie Judge: No; what, the evidence turned upon ffiere, chiefly, wns, whether ihe symptoms sworn to by several witnesses to be such am would result from strychnine, differed from thoso of iiliopmtbic and traumatic tetanus. Would il; be possible for a persxm to be poisoned by email d««es of Htryrhninc, Riven at interval*, and yet no tract; of the poison to be found in the blood or the system 1 Mr 3 Jrendergast: No doubt, your Honor, I am inoir only referrinz to questions which were put by the 'Attornoy-Gracral and Mr Serjeant Slice, sari which were almost similar to the one I have put myself. Tine Judge: I cannot agree witli t'mt. Ksawiaa'ion Continued: We hare hod in Dumjdin Hospi a! a case (<t idt'opathic and one of trmnalic tetanus. The symptom* described by Miss Jnvy as shown by her mother, do not aeros wi'h tboao wbwh I observed in c (her oi those: easel. In tetanus, of either kind, the <*t»n vulsioDS always bs;in with a feeding of BitfTscs* about th° neck and jiw I have e«';n other ce«c<! of both kinds of tetanns in Bnizlaod. The feel fugs of -KtiSVies* increase gradually, an-J as they da m, the stiffness invarteu the tnu*cle» of the trunlr, and fnen tbo«e of tb« limbs. The jiw hecomes perfectly fixed, anil tbe body and limbs rigid ; the body i« arched or biatt ba£'<w<irda ; the angles of the month are drawn up, Riving to ihe face a peculiar firm ; the limbs are spasmodi cally affected; there are remis-ions of violence only- an abiding rigidity of the birfy. which is every now and fen csnvulwd; the rigidity continuing until death, which eonerady ensue* in two or three days. The t>liiort(st period 1 hnve known, was two day?. The patient is iot ab «to speak daring the fit, but sometimes one may groan or cry; I mear, from the time of seizure until death. The symptoms described by Miss Jarvey are not tlitffe of either idiopafhlc or traumatic U ton as lam acquainted wi'h hysteria. Ti;e »ttack c >mmeuces with laughing, crying, and lobbing } then a coriTu'tlcn of a elonlc kind, or not tetanic; there is generally a feeling ot di«tent on on tbe left n<te. I have never known a caw> ol hytteria to be fatal. The fymptom* described by Miss Jarvey are not those of an hysteric affection. On the Court resuming after an interval for refreshment, the Counsel for the pri oner stated that Uaptain Jarvey was so ittigued that he flaked permission of hw Honor to allow him lo sit. The application wan granted. By the Jury: You stated that you tied the sliu over the jars, and the coa«tabla Ims fwern that ho tied them, which to correct 1 I tied them.

By Mr Smith: You have raid you recocrnlsft the seals with which fhe jure were sealed ?— Yen. From whom did you get them?— From the sexton. Is he here 1 -I do not know. Co you swear positively that this is the same seal?—l do. How can yon swear to Hl—-X hare got an impression. On tie eye of the mind ?— No, tv my pocket on wax -they were the fame letters and the same impression (handing tie same to the counsel.) Tji'-jr are very like, but how can you say it is an impression of the same seal I —Because I made iit with the fealWith wnat ssal 1 With that »sal. You stated you hare been nine year* here ? — Yes Have yon exerted yourself rouoh in your professional avocations 1 - Yes, I haveI thought ft possible you hod taken tilings easily of late I—No, I generally see more them 100 patients a day. D'nl yon hear l)r Hardy's evidence yesterday ? --I did 9'ot, I was Dot in Court except at the latter part, and that win the cross-examination. Thoue jars yon have spekenof—rfid you *x 'mine (hem particularly'? I looked into them and saw they were bright and new. Did you. cxnraiae them very particularly to sue that they were quite free from ail impurity J — Yes, I could see nothing. I wish w> know whether you find in your mlntl, that it was nceessaiy to conduct this analym w'thout source of error, to examine those jars v« Tf critically 1 —Ye«, 1 did, I think every medical idhii would do that. la your evidence of the examination of Mm Janey's corpse, y; v siw " the legs were straight down ; but I made no particular examination of them." There is nothing particular ntnut that; I presume at) corpses are that when in the cofli.is'? —Yes. Now Or Holme will you be good enough to state as nearly as you can what were the symptoms described by Mis* Jnrv«-y je*terdiy as having beea xhibitnd by her mothar wlim taken ill—describe iham item by item .'—she stated that she heard ajmgh>g. The Judge: Never mind tint. You understand what symptoms mem. I with to know whit were the syraptonn which jo t gather lfrom hr evidence in this Oouit, Suppose Mie bad come to jo i and wlshe I you to prescribe for a patient fufferinc under those symptoms, what d(s«criptiois would you eive 1 The Judge: You wish him to repeat thoss symptoms. Th<! Wjfness: fhe found hsr mother leaning with hr-r arm on the table. Mr Smith: That is io'. a symptom of disease. The Witness: Then she said she lelt bud, ami she lelt funny, and her limbs were feeling stiff. nn'l saH, " What can be the matter wi h me." Then she was moved on to the etair-csws. and there cbe complained of a feeling' of suffocation nn<) wished for air, and in attempting to move hsr she clutched at the stairs, ana then she was go'- up is fairs. You ttre not doing what I requented yon to do I wish you to give me the disgnosif. or your professional description. The Judge: I understood you to ask him to repent her testimony. By Mr Smith : I wish Dr Hulma to extract from M Us Jarvey's description of what took place on that occasion— the characteristic symptoms of wtatever disease she was laborfafr under at that tira«?-When she w«s on the bed—a ffelingolf suff citbnls one characteristic symptom—want oi nirThe tu-xt't -The sensation that the limbs were getting sti ft. What next 1 -The indescribable feeling— Is ti'iit peculiar to any iliaewe—that is what Is generally called "all ovedshnesa"— I underHtoitd you io take the description of the symp toms from the time the wat on the bed !-You asked me the characteristic symptoms. Indescribable feeling—What U the third? — A of hsr limbs and her th usting them out straight wh»n on the be! Fourthly 1 —The want of air—the desire for air. What next?— The exclamation of pain -the staring Joak—ability to speak after tbia rigidity had gone off ' , What next?—l do not recDlUet any other synpioni3 at this moment. 1 will give you time, for I wisli to know exactly all you collected' from Mi«s Jarvay's statement as the symptoms manifested by her mother on that ocaision. can you remember any other?— Ye", I riicoliect when her daughter touched her lipo it save rise to convulsions. Is there any other tbat occurs to your mind 1 — No. The Counsel re»<l the symptoms over to the witness in the order in which he had stated them. By Mr Smith: Those are all the symptoms you : eathcr from Mies Jarvey'g statement, I will take the whole range r.f your evidence I—l understood tbia was just before death. The Judas: You had bett-r not t»ke the whole evidence; if there is any particular point on which you wi-h to examine, take it. By Mr Smith: I only took the moat prominent symptoms, but it appears I am blamed for giving Vt tFulme too wide a range?—lt in almont impossible to remember the ma<s of matter which occurred about each symptom. ' ■ ,You aice calM upon to give jour opinion on Ihe evidence of Miss Jarvey, to lea>i the jaryjto see what was the probable cause which produced the symptom!). Snrely yon ought to give an, intei- : ligent aniiwer to that. *■ The Judge ; He has given, ten of them. >

MrHmitb; They we eaevgfc ifor nw if Or Halm* thinks they aw foe biro. Mr Prenderjjwt: The witatm was sboat to speak of the symptoms Immediately preeedicg dentil. Mr &ntth: X want nothing but tame symptoms tfe'cribrd by * its Jarrty. Dr flulme: When I guvenn opinion of them they were read orer to me by tho Ccturt, and by this time I TDiy bare forgotten one or two. By Mr ?mith ; J^atiposinKyou hod stated all the symptoms that are fairly to be gathered from Mi«s Jarvey'rf evidence, ft* exhibited by her mother oa 'fast occasion, or from her (statement, we as■ume that you exclude her having said anything from lh=t tim-t Kbe tjot no staira. Did yoa hear the evidence of her brother Andrew, yesterday 1 I will tetl yon what her brother reM. He was in the b;rtrroin a cnsiderable portion of the >ime preceding bia mother's death, find he only h«rl her miaoing. I will «iak jou to assume tii&t is the correct account of what took place— wouM that mske a material difl-renee in your oriibinn a« to whether pa erpersi convulsions was not the disease of which she died!—lt would mifce no difference. Why ? — Bccau'o they are not at all alike. Why 1 -Beciuee a woman Hi inscntiKe in paerp»ial convulsionsWait a moment:. If yon were told a person L* seiz-w) with a sucocn=lon of fi'u, :sad you are not told that person «ai>l anything, have yen any right to infer thrieka? -No. Her bro'hfr s»*s he only heard her moulting. Awa ing she wa-t only heard to tnoan, and tl»t tin other »ynjptom*~tb# (spasmodic- took place, would yon ihen siy it Us impossible for her to have dfed of puerperal convulsions?—l do. Why} —Because she would Hot moan If in puerperal convuhiocs,.and it has a different form -—- Wait a moment. —T do not think I rfioulrf be stopped when I wish to giro an explanation. They arc quite uenaibe} but Me other symptoms, independent of the moaniuir, conrinced m« me ahe had not. Her; jaw would be fixed in puerperal convulsions, to that she couid not Bpeak. Huppos'ng the jiw is fixed, does that prevent moaning?-It would not Then I mast atk yon again: assuming nolhinir but moaning tuok place, what is your reason for pronouncing that she onld not have died of puerperal convulsion* ? A ptraoii i* quite Insensible under cuch circumstances. I accept your opinion; but aiiunniog ahe did nothing bat moan, what is th«re In the other symptom* to make yoa think she bud not diet of puerperal convulsions?— The thrusting out of the limbs - her Ugf. I* that impossible In puerperal convulsions ?— I do not think we ought to take anything on one symptom. We judge of disease by the whole (symptoms token together. But I prefer to take them separately. Surely when joa are perceiving ibe manifea'a'ions of disease, yoa <'o not regard every part of the body at the same time ?—No, we do uct. That would be like tue eea cook—one eye up the chimney, and 'he other scanning the pot Are the llmb« beiosr placed out straight inconsistent with cuerpsral convulsion* ?—I never saw it except they were drawn up sgitin immediately. la it nece*s»ry In puerperal convulsions that tte legs should be clonio as well as the arm* on anch occasion» ? — Y«s. It is not my theory, it is Dr Hardy's. You will perceive that Mi*s Jarvey's expression with regard to the arms is that she wan working them Do ;ou understand the exict manner in which she worked them ? • I should suppose she worked them out straight. Why do you suppose that I—l could come to no other conclusion. THd she eaj so ? —No, she did not. Did she say she thrust oat her arms straight? — Not her arm*. The Judge : She said she thruat out her legs str tight and worked her arms. By Mr Smith : That is your dome motion is it not?-Yes. By Mr Smith? Aft'r all Dr Hardy is not so wrong. What would yon onilarfltand from the expression " working." If I came and told you my friend bos been token ill, in a fit, and you* ask mo tn describe the symptoms,! and say he is working his limbs and pushing thorn out straight, what would yoa understand 1 —If yoa shew me the way I should understand. From Miss Jarvey's description of the working hr limbs wht did yon understand ? I understood she straightened them. Yon have detcrlbed the effijeto nf strychnine upon nnimals, hive you lately witnessed those eff'Cts ?—I have not lately witnessed them. H»w lonir ago? —But from time lo time. I thought there was a errand Reid day at Dr Hocfcen'a, when a number of dogs were poisoned ? - 1 have heard of it. I have only seen one experiment nt Dr Hock'n's. Was It only one dog ? -Only obi one. When <iiuyou s?_e these experiments?—lt was not experiment; it was merely killing the animals. Was it a year ago or a month ?- In some of th«ro years ago. Not raa'e with the intention of examining the symptom'?— Not Rt all. And a cat, I think you stated?—Oh, many cats.

To put them out d the way as vermin—not to see (hem die in a scientific; point of view I— No. You say yon have no personal experience of the effects of strychnine on the human euSJ^t I will ask you as a, man of ecienre, doyrm think it would be safe to rea°on from results obtained l,y giving strychnine to dons and cats to the P'ohnhle results on human beiopßi —Ye?. Why ? —Because they are nearly allied in their muscles and nerves They are ell animals to heßln with,—ls there j not some considerable difference in the animal economy of a dng and a man? -They are car- J nivoroua animals. la the alimentary canal in both the fame? — No, they are not. Is there not a wide distinction between the alimentary canal of a dog and a man !—Yea, I then* i«: Wear*told we are fearfully and wonderfully made. Is it rot something of ra«hne3B to say what nill happen to a human being from what we observe in the lower animals ? -I think not. Sunposinsr a new medicine wassent out to yon, and you were told its curative properties were bo and so. would you consider ii a safe experiment to t~y it fir-t on the !ow-r animals, jmch ail 'locs and c«t«, an) then administer it with confi inn l c to humtn beings on those results only ?—lf i were i oison I nhouW. The Judj>e : I nndnrs^oud thU evidence would not be reli'ti upon. I said if it wore presset I eh-mld tell thf jury " It is not reliable evidence.1' The Crown P o*ecut-r thei droppe! it Ido not : koow wh'ther strychnine ha? been trlel on those animals, who afe snppw*] to be near relations of nors. the monkey* : it would foe perhaps a more justifiable experiment, a? they nre nearer in alruc'ure to the human being. By Mr Smith: You hays been asked to draw a c>mpari<ion between the *ymptom* bs vju umlerntond them to havd h«cn exhibited by Mrs Jarvey, an'f those which are peculiar j to tetinus. either i lio atbic or traumatic, which ; you sny are the sun* in Dimptoms. I un'ierRtand ynu to say you draw & distfoKt'o < between j the-m, 'hitia to say, the ?ymptoniß of tetanus, j and those described by Mm Jwvey ns yon understand them You montioned the jaw becomes perfectly stiff in tetanus?— Yes, Is that a constant chiraoterUUc of tetanus? Yes. Are you sure of that ?—T speak from mj experience. I limit it to that. How many c ises do-58 that comprise ? -I will limit it to the two I have seen in Dunedin. I do not understand Hit) Honor to limit you to those two. The Jnigi: Thoss were only Rivea ao instance. By Mr Smith: I will Rive you the benefit of your previous experience if you like %— I do not wfch it I do wikh it—lnve you aeon othur ca«ea? Yes— -nob cases were always eauei of interest and if jou are in a hospital where they occur, yon are sure to "o and see them. But they are so l.>ntr sines that I would noli Rive my E recollections of them in the Court, Was it many cases you saw?— Not many. I never saw but one case of idiopathic tetana«, and tbat was in this hospital. I have seen several cases in children. Where?—ln the DuWin Lying-!n-H«wpitai. The Jaw" becomes fixed; bat do you not understsni tbat to have been the case in this instance, as far ss closing the t»eth van concerned. Sid you hear Miss Jarrey say her mother olwed tfca teeth- la the fits, or gtonnd*

them ?—I do sot roooUect. In tetanus they we permanently ckmd. ~ I utdemood yoa to *ay when once it «*» in, unless recovery taltea place, there is no oMsation I from the rigidity, and no eonsdouKaesa I—l did sot s*y the man was Snucimbie. Would yoa explain bow, during an attack of tetanus, supposing it to be followed by death, between the seizire and death, are tt;ere intervals ofcontdoutnessi— Intranmatic tetanns,ye9. Perfect coniscioa-na'S, daring wbleh the patient can soeak ?-No. he is quite locked jawed. Bid you aay, as a medical roan according to your experience, speaking Is not possible in a 00 where death takes place fiom tetanut?Yes. Prom the time of feizare when trnumabc symptoms set in until death the ability to fpeak U wanting? Yes. Do yo.i kiow the work nf "Wat'on on the principle* anil practice of PhysiC'-noroe lectures delivered at Kino's Collfgc,Dublin ?-Ye». Do yoa rejpect the authority ?-Yes, I was a parti] of bis Of Dr Wateon; Did yon hear these lecture* delivered originally, orbhve jou -rad them since? — I read his b>>oks a long Mice since Are you acquainted with this work ? —I had a work of that kind, but I have not got'it here. Have you read it ? —Yes. ! Did yoa find cause to differ from the ficts he | states ai his «p*rieice? -I am supakin? fivm my esperiens?—not from Dr Watson's. I wiil read it to you ?—I have no desire to bar St. ! But I bare a desire to read 1 Dr Watson is not here to be crora-exami'ied. This U the particular passage to which I refer. After giving a general description of the disease and the symptoms of tetanus, txplainnng iti vnrieU s and general .symptom*, he remnrkx, " How are we to tell when we meet wltii such symptoms whether they are the result of disease or poboni g— Ihe »ymptoms are symptoms of tetaauj, and I know of no means of dis.ticigui«bitiff between them and the result of exposure to cold or from poisoning TheJu'ee: He meeniha knows no m'nn« of dietinguishicg between tetanus from riiaea=e or tetanua Tom poison—Is that what he means? Mr Smith : Yes, your honor, that is tX pag* SS4. The question a*ked it this -It has been read in Dr Wataoa'«t.work, in which he soys, " I l:nowot no mean* of distinguishing tetanus from disease I and tetnnun from poison," i TheWitno?3: I know the distinction. By Mr Smith ;It onlj curuM to this, you know more than Dr Watiwi ? — sTes. Dr Watson, perh»rw, never saw a case of strychnine poi«on[n«. The Judge: The rival of DrTnyfor. in Palmer'it ca*!, slid he could detect a 50,0CQih n irt of a grain in the body of Were ; doctors differ, it is nroviTbial By Mr Smith: I understood you to express a deeded opinion of the duration of the disease— from two to three days you said ? -Two days. Have you ever heard of a case in which it tcrininnted in twenty minutes or less ? The Judge: Of what? Mr mith: Of traumatic tetanup. The Witness : t*o } I never heard of so sliort a period; and no practical man would believe it. Do you believe Dr Watson would state what was not a fee*. 1 I will inre you what he says ; it is not his own experience, but s mebody else*. (The learned counsel rend some extracts from Dr Watson's, look, pape 551, shewing that tetanus resulted at times from trifling injuries— from the stickin ■of a fish-bone iv the throat— from cutting; a corn—from the bite of n sparrow on the finger—from a bl w on the neck—from a seton in the neck—and from other triflisig circumstances). Do you belie%r e he vras stating1 certain facts there?—l do not tliink ho stated all from his own knowledge. Would ynu be iuc iued to doubt the aulho-ity of that hook?—I do not believe every thing I read in a medical hoak. The Judge: Does tetanus arise from apparently rliaht ranges ?—lt does. By Mr Smith :He proceeds to show that tetanus does not occur at any fixed period after receiving the injury; and mentions a case where Profea;or Robioson was once at tablo when a negro servant lacerated his finger with the etif'e of a dish. He was srizei with tetanic *? mptoin9. and died in aquirterof an hour ?—That occurred In Jamaica. L>oes it matter in what part of the world it occurs?—lt has been copied into work** on tetaau*, and I believe those who copied it <!o not believe it now. * You should not talk in that way unless yen are p-epared to contradict it? I believe Uuding, who copied that into his book. But lam upetkinir. of Watson; you say yon know the gentleman who wrote this book? — I only knew him as a writer of a ease of that kind. You knew his character—was fie a man to be trusted when be [<übli-hed the work. Whether the cases were the result of bis own observation or another's? He is not responsible for olber persons But is not a text book writer supposed to take the trouble to ascertain the truth of wiuit he ftatesl —No ;he compiles. Does any compi'er select his instances it ran> dom. without Us tins their accuracy ?—Yes ; I do not believe one-third of » hat we read in medic .1 jiurnnis. This is not a journal?— But those things are copied fern joarna's. Supposing you found other medical writers of eminence adopting- these statements as rellib'e, would you say they were all psrrofs repeating the 4am* cry and telling the same tale?— Yes; and I am not singular in tint. Do you know the "Burgeo-i'u Vado MeCum," j by Bobert Donitt, published in 1850—you know ! that work ? I do. Very well—here is " tetanus ;" he givr n the I divisions, and goes on to say under the head j •' termination": - " If the case h about to end fatally the paroxysms become more frequent and violent, and the breathing mor<3 embarrassed by spasm of the <iifipbra«in and the muscles of the glottis; and at lost the patient dies either from exhaustion or from suff citiori; either because the nervous system is worn out by the violence of the «pa«m. or tiicau«e respiration is suspended long ewustlti to cut off the neceisary soppy of a-terial blood to the brain, and to induce innen'ibiiity. The nwt u«u»I period of death is the third or fourth day; sometimes it is postponed to tbe eight !j or tenth.fbut rarely laf«r. On the other band tliere is the ense of a #egro who injured his han'l and d:ed of torture in a quarter of an hour; and c »s>"s ni death within twenty-four hours are not uncommon," * 'i he Judsm : It Is traumitio tetanus ? Mr Hmith : Ye*, your Honor. The Witnets :It i* the sarae case. By Mr Smith :Do y-u believe there wa« men a person as Prof««*sir Kobin«on ? —I beilnve so. You i*o not believe be was a,Vn Harris-a TMekcni's Mrs Hams. You know there was no such person H Yes. Do you Iwlievo it would bs written aft?r 1853, if there were no truth in it?— Yes, I think: it would continue to be copied. <>o you know Ho>per*s Physicians? Vjlde Meeura. by W. Angustno Quy, of the Royal College of Phy-icians ?-1 do. Un'lfir the bead " Tetanus"'"" after arrine through the genera! description of the disease, hi say* the dDMtinn of the <H?>ase viirie*. Onec\<f r f tranmilic t-nanu« is on record, which proi'bd fatal in a quarter of an hour. (The Witnein: That's the same care.) Tbe genera! duratioa if from four to eigrht day. In caws of reeo^iy, the duration varies from a week to two (r three month?. Generally, be says, the limits during wb/ch the disease may develope itself may b" from a few minnt»a to ten weeks. When you fio'l that stated in a medical authority, are you inclined to contradict it? Ido not know what be means The Ja-tre : That in from the commencement of te'ianic symptom* until death. By Mr Smith: Yon say he refers to the same cave—one ease proved fatal in a quarter of -nn hour—hut what ha* been once maybe again?— 1 do not think It wi'l. "Hiy should it not be again—supposing a m;in out hb throat in ihe same way ( Because it was waver heard of before and it wonJd require anottiercaie to make me TSe'leve It. Yon have said in tetanus the body ii rigid backwards ?—ls that what is technically called opisthotonos ?—Yes, it is pinned to the sirle. You have Iwen asked about hysteria. You are of course well acquainted with that disease, which is of more common occurrence than tetanus. You were a<ked if you ever beard of death arising trom hysteria ?*~I have not. v Do you kho-w from your medical studies wlitj-

tfaer such coses are on record ?—I do uot know cf one. JVem revi of one!-No, I do not know whd'her I misunderstood the author hero, I B»tlifs<r that meaning from what as says. I will lewa you to say what yon iJhink of it. la the Sraiiplnw I woalii ask yon, may not hysteria manii Bt the symptoms of almost any other iervon i dfeoa-e ? It cornea somewhat like it. Tbo void •'simulate' is wed in radical workß The moaning is •• look exactly like, 1' is itnot? No, It fa something like. "Son are well acquainted wish Dr Carpenter* work on. Animal Phjsiolngv—do you re»pe:t that] —Yes but he W cot a practical man ; lie is ouly a physiologist. lsheonljr a bookmaker?-I have to doubt there are a great many errors (a his work. Will you *sy wtrat yon think of this—were you in Court yesterday when I read this note. A portion ol the text I read, was — "Many forms of that Protean malady, hysteria, are attended n-ith a similar irritability of tbe nervous centres, bul there is thU remarkable diff -rence in the two cases : that the morbid ftheuotnt na of byateriil, whilst they often s!mn» are those of cfco.-ea, tetanus, hydrophobia, epilepsy, itd, are evidently dependent upon a state of trie «y»»f em of a much If ss abnormal character The absenco cf any structural lesion." What does fiat mean I—An alteration in structure. " And even of any serious impairment of tli r nutrition of tlio parts of the nervousfyi tern win Ji are tbe sources of the actions iv question, is proved by the length of time during whith tbe severest f<,rrns of them inny rxi'-t, without permanently serious conßtqueuces, and ! by the suf?d.r>ne«B with which the several forms j of them.give place one to another, or pass off altoj;eth<*r. The sir. nge combinations, moreover, which thry uccationally pre'ent. remark j ably distinguish them from the more settled forms ■ of disease which tfcey simulate." Thus the author hat known an obstinate cisc of hjwteric divider, in which ftt one perio.l attacks of the most complete opisthotonoa co-existed with perfect com*; at soother period, the c >ma recnrrisi nlone; then, aprain, there was trisinup, lasting for five consecutive days, without any other spasmodic action or loss of wnsibility; this sometime.? alternated with fits of yawningl, iv which the jaw was held open for half an hour together; at another period, the convulsions had mow: of the epileptic character, the face being distorted, and the limbs agitated, concurrently with a state of coma, but without laryngismus; with this alternated fits of laryngisinus, without insensibility, and occuring during the expiratory movement. Do you doubt tnc truth of that*? —I consider they mistake it for some other disea.w. Will you give me your opinion of tlm. lam §- ing to quote from Dr Ashwell's work on the iseasies of women—do you respect it?—lt was very (rood when it came out, but it is rather antiquated. Women are the sams, are they not ? -Medical men mrc not the same. . There is nothing like the o!d school. Mr Preniergnst: Ho seems to be of the new school. Uy Mr Smith : 1 will reid an extract from Dr Afhwell's work; but I ought to state ho has previously said the disease does not terminate fatally.

"But it must be stated, that it is not always easy to tlisiiuiiuish hyeteria from tnor •. serious ditseaste.", npd there are few practitioners who h»ve not 'Occisinnally been perplexed to determine whether certain symptoms were the accompnui ment of the functional, or a more serious ofldction. Sunwitnes the attack has so far exceeded the ui'uai duratiou, as to excite real apprehension for the recovery cf the sufferer, a^d t-> make it difficult to determine whether the exhaustion and syncope, the feebie pulse and powerless heart, were not the consequences of a concealed organic malady, rather than the tffect of a comparatively ,hsrra'e39 functional dbeisf. Certa-n it ia in pome rare ca»es, after fevero anil repealled attacks, marked cillapse occurs. Such instances I hive twice seen. The ropiriuion was scarcely appreciable; the heart could baroly b-s fell; to b»'«t; the pulse wea neirly gone at the wriat, and ihe surface generally, a-d especially tb.3 extremities, were so clammy aud hfeleiK »» to remind me very stronc'y of fatnl |fl odiog. l>r Copland notices the<e forms, and nays, " some cf th» instances of supplied death in which persons have mrrowly escaped being burled alive were of thi-t kind ; lie further adds th*.t he has seen examples of this hysterical syncope, so severe as to cause alarm; and !il. \ iliermay coctiiders that death may supervene upcu It." 'Ihe distinguished ara'oniat, Vesuiiuu,mistook bu h b case fjr real death, and having con meiiwd the dissection of the budy, the fir-t incision roused ihs dormant life of the woman, and convinced the operatjr of his error. In tlie "Jonirnal de Havans'' for 1715, the remarkabie c»«e of the wife of a Colonel is rclftte'i. who remained in a state of complHo hysterical aynwipe I for mamy days, and who would, in ail probabilit?, have been hur.ed nlire, tiad it not been (or ttio deyotf'il nff.-ction of her husband, who would not nllow himself to be separated from her supposed dead bedy " Wll joaread that?-~I have read it before. And do you believe it? -I iimirhel at It. I am «>rry yon treat Be Ashwell in that way ? —rt Is not Dr Ashweil. Do you seriously wish tliat it should ffo forth to the nroirhi that you reßiird sulema paHaigea like that in work* for the guidance of sta'lent-> as a laughing matter?- It is the possibility of persons b"inx tiuriad alive a? described there. Ee-emniaed by Mr Prcnder(»a«t: Were the symptom* as described by Miss Jarvcy at all iika thai?— Ortniu'y not. I find in the report of the trial of Palmer, the evidence siven by Btr Berjimin Brodia—— Mr Bmilli: Thnt question does not ari«e out of my crosF-examination. Will you like m? books. Yon may induce lir Hulme to alter his opinion. By Mr Prendergaat You have b:en asked about ithe period or deith by traumatic tetaaU'i , irrespective of your knowledge from reading those b ioks and others. The Jud«e : We have had bis opinion ; he say-) it extends over two days, and possibly we come {<■> direct medical testimony as to the state of the body, &tl this uptculation may be knocked on tlie h^ad. By o Juror: Wfiat kind of aniaiale have y<m bal experience on 1 —D«gs aart cats: do yon Hifnn niy fxperlmeiits? Yes, jour experimants ?— I did not perform any experiments, I merely poisoned them. Have you taken particular notice of the tSe t* cf strychnine on tiioss aaimab?—l never noted it: down. - Did you ever try It on a goat t—Nb { nor oa a Cow. On a horse ?—Nor on a horse. What wa» the effect on the dog: ?—Why, it kifltd iit. It was sensible, I understood yon to say ?— Ye*. All the timi ?—Yea. Did you tee him jump ia the air ?—No, I did not; • Throw hirnseif down ?— t aiw him fall down. Irti a tiensiblo st-ttc ?—Yes. Thomas Merritt Wilkinson: I am a ehimM an'l drij^'^Ut in Dunedin. I supplied two jsrs ti E'r Alexander. They were simitar So those shovra me. I also cupplied the gutskins and tins. X wavh'td ail the things with distilled water, as requested by Vr Alexanifer. The jara were quite now. Dr Macadam was than called and examined, but we are obliged to hold over the report of his ovidimce until Monday.

A New Way op Wohktng.- -Itis not that the Italians are a lazy people ; on the contrary, I am satisfied thai they are industrious so tar as they are allowed to be. But, as I said before, when a Roman does nothing he does it in the, high Koman fashion. A friend of mine was having: one of bis rooms arranged for a private j theatre, and sent for a person who was said to be an expert in the busines to do it for him. Alter a day's trial, he was satisfied that his lieutenant was rather a hindrance titan a help, and resolved to dismiss him. " What is your charge for your j day's services?" "Two sctuii, sir.*' "Two scudi! Five paute would be too much. You have done; nothing but stand with your hands in pockets, and get in the-way. of other people." " Lordship is perfectly right, but that is my way of working."—"A Few.Bits of Boraan SFosaic,'* in Fireside Travels. By James BoaseU Lowel.