Trial of Madame Restell, alias Ann Lohman, for abortion and causing the death of Mrs. Purdy : being a full account of all the proceedings on the trial, together with the suppressed evidence and editorial remarks.
- Madame Restell
- Date:
- 1841
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Trial of Madame Restell, alias Ann Lohman, for abortion and causing the death of Mrs. Purdy : being a full account of all the proceedings on the trial, together with the suppressed evidence and editorial remarks. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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![District Attorney—Had she generally good health? Witn6s8~-^re8, previous to her pre mature delivery. Jordan—What time did she go to Philadelphia? Witness—Why, last summer. Jordan In 1839 were you the owner of a gold watch? Witness—Yes. Jordan—And chain? Witness—My wife had one, and other trinkets. Jordan—How long had she bsen the owner of these articles? Witness—Why she had them when I married her. The chain I bought last summer. Jordan—Did you know of her pawning them? Witness—No, sir. Jordan—What has become of the watch? Witness—It is eat up, I believe. Jordan —Now be careful, or you let out something. Witness—Well, if I let out anything, you'll catch it up, won't you? Jordan—Exactly so, my friend—you're getting sharp. Witness—Well then, I've not seen it since it came from Mrs. ResteU's. Jordan—When did you see the rings? Witness—1 saw some of them this morning. Jordan—Now you've said something about the pawning busi- ness: do you know of your own knowledge that the watch was pawned? Witness—Well, I don't know how you want to get round it. I saw what satisfied me, that-- JorHan—I don't want to know what satisfied you. Witness—Well, then, I didn't know. Jordan—Was your wife a lady of property when you married? Witness—No: she tended store in a conieclioner's in Pearl street. Jordan—Are you a married man now, sir? Witness—No, I'm not. Jordan—Did you live with a woman, or are you in the habit o f sleeping with one at this time, sir? Dist. Att.—He is not boi.ndto answer. Rec.—I doubt the pertinency of the question, gentlemen. Witness—Well, I shall not answer that, at all. Jordan—How large a woman was your wife? Witness—She was not so tall as me by ahead and a half. [The witness himself is considerably under the middle size.] Jordan—That's all sir. Henry W, Merritt called and sworn—I am one of the magis- trates of the city. I was called upon to take the examination of Mrs Purdy, The papers I hold are depositions taken before ice on the 24th of March last, and a subsequent one on the 22d.— They were taken in the presence of Madame Restell. Jordan—Now, sir, we propose to object. Dist. Att.—I only want the preliminary question] now, if the Court please. Jordan—Well, if you reserve our rightS) I liave no objections. Recorder O, of course, sir.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21150096_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
