The trial of William Palmer for the Rugeley poisonings / [William Palmer].

  • William Palmer
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[1856]
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Credit: The trial of William Palmer for the Rugeley poisonings / [William Palmer]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    13,000/. or,the life of W. Palmer) if you like, and it must be had at a much less rate of interest than I have hitherto had because the securi y is so very good, and if you cannot manage it you must let me have the policy, because you have plenty of security for your money. On the 30th of August he again wrote:— V'-'V I have undertaken to get the enclosed bill cashed for Mr. Cook, lou had the 200/. bill of his. He is a very good and responsible man. V\ Hi you do it f I will put my name to the bill. In this letter was enclosed Cook's acceptance for 500/. On the 6th of September Palmer wrote:— 9 I received the check for the 100/., and will thank you to let me have the 315/. by return of post, if possible; if not, send it me (certain) by Monday nio-htVpost, to the Post-office, Doncaster. I now return you Coo.c s papers si|ned, &c, and he wants the money on Saturday, if he can have it, but I have not nromised it for Saturday. I told him he should have it on Tues- day morning at Doncaster; so please enclose it with mine, in cash, m a registered letter, and*he must pay for it being registered. Do not let it be later than Monday night's post to Doncaster. On the 9th of September he wrote :— You must send me for Mr. Cook, by Monday night's post (to the Post- office, Doncaster), 385/. instead of 375/., and the wine warrant so that I can hand it to him with the 375/., and that will be allowing you 50/. tor the dis- count, &c. T shall then get 10/., and I expect I shall have to take to the wine, and rive him the money; but I shall not do so if you do not seno. 385/,, and be good enough to enclose my 315/. with it, in cash, in a registered letter, and direct it to me to the Post-office, Doncaster. I accordingly wrote to Palmer, at the Post-office, Doncaster, enclosing 300/. in notes, and a cheque for 375/. I struck out the words « or bearer, so that it was p ay able to order. In the letter I said :— You know by this time that if I do what I can to accommodate you there is a limit to my means to do so, and more particularly as in this instance you have been the means of shutting up a supply I could generally <*o to. I think also you had little reason to allude to the 10/. difference after the trouble, correspondence, &c, I had with respect to a second insu- rance you know of, which, although it did not come off, arose not from any lack of industry on my part. I have no reply as yet from the Irmce ot Wales When shall I see you about the three 2000/. bills coming due at the end of this month ? I speak in time, in order that you may be prepared in tm anything untoward happens with the Prince of Wales. I am oohged to send a cheque for Cook, as I have not received the money, which 1 shall do, no doubt, to-morrow. The check for 375/. and the wine warrant was the consideration for Cook's bill of sale for 500/. The other 300/. had nothing to do with Cook s trans- actions. [A letter from Palmer was then read, acknowledging the receipt ot the previous letter, with the enclosures.] I had one other transaction with Cook before this. It related to an acceptance of Cook for 200/., which was paid. I had no other pecuniary transactions whatever with him. Lhe date of that first transaction was the end of April or the beginning of May, 1855. The bill was drawn by Palmer on Cook, and was paid by Cook. Mr. Stevens was here recalled, and, having examined the endorsement on the check for 375/. said,—This endorsement is not in the handwriting of Cook. I never saw him write his name otherwise than J. Parsons Cook, whereas this is written J. P. Cook. Mr. Strawbridge was shown some acceptances purporting to be by Mrs.
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