Reports of Trials for Murder by Poisoning; / by Prussic Acid, Strychnia, Antimony, Arsenic, and Aconita. Including the trials of Tawell, W. Palmer, Dove, Madeline Smith, Dr. Pritchard, Smethurst, and Dr. Lamson, with chemical introduction and notes on the poisons used

by G. Lathom Browne; active 19th century C. G. Stewart

Question.—“Can you fix what quantity?”

Answer.—“Approximately it was not less than one-seventh, and not more than one-fourth of a grain.”

Question.—“What would be a fatal dose of aconitia to a human being?”

Answer.—“There is only one fatal case I know of, and in that death was caused by about one-sixteenth of a grain. What is known to have caused death was not less than one-twenty-first of a grain, and not more than one-thirteenth. Each of the boxes produced contained capsules. There were only two pills in them. They were gelatine-coated pills, like those in the bottle. I examined those pills, or rather I saw Dr. Dupré do so. They were simply five-grain quinine pills.”

Question.—“The packet of sweetmeats, No. 8. Did they contain any traces of poison?”

Answer.—“No.”

Question.—“No. 9, the cake?”

Answer.—“That contained no traces of poison of any kind.”

Question.—“No. 10, the capsules, did you examine them?”