Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant Shee: Did you form any opinion as to what was the matter with Cook?—I treated it as a case of poisoning.
Did you observe anything in the vomit which led you to believe he had been poisoned?—Nothing at all.
Did he appear to have been drinking?—He appeared to be a little excited, but he was quite sensible what he was doing and saying.
By “excited” do you mean to say he was tipsy?—No; but his brain had been stimulated with brandy-and-water. The idea of having taken poison would have some effect upon it.
In your judgment, was what you had prescribed a good thing, supposing Cook had taken poison?—According to the symptoms, I should say it was.
Would it not have been better to get the poison up at once, if possible?—He threw up the warm water.
Lord Campbell: Did that cleanse the stomach?—Yes.
Cross-examination continued: Yet you thought calomel necessary?—Yes; on account of the distended state of the bowels.
Did you see anything like bile in the basin?—There was some on the edge of the basin, but it must have been thrown up before he took the warm water.
Re-examined by the Attorney-General: The piece of bile was about the size of a pea? The water thrown up was perfectly clean. Cook’s tongue was quite clean.