[16] At the Old Bailey, rue is placed plentifully on the ledge of the dock: whether in capital cases only, we do not know. The monster Maria Manning furiously gathered the rue that lay before her, and flung it amongst the counsel sitting at the table beneath her!
[17] Townsend, vol. i. p. 113.
[18] Opinions of the Judges, ante, p. 549.
[19] Ante, p. 549.
[20] Townsend, vol. i. p. 150.
[21] Medical Jurisprudence, p. 801.
[22] Townsend, p. 337.
[23] Townsend, vol. i. p. 338.
[24] Ibid. p. 345.
[25] We have heard high authorities strongly disapprove of the conviction and execution of Bellingham; and it certainly appears impossible to reconcile with true principles of jurisprudence the different fates awarded to Bellingham and M'Naughten, supposing the facts to be as alleged in each case. A military officer, present at the execution of Bellingham, and very near the scaffold, told us that he distinctly recollects Bellingham, while standing on the scaffold, elevating one of his hands, as if to ascertain whether it were raining; and he observed to the chaplain, in a very calm and natural tone and manner, "I think we shall have rain to-day!"