Report of the trial of Madeleine Smith : before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh, June 30th to July 9th, 1857, for the alleged poisoning of Pierre Émile l'Angelier / by Alexander Forbes Irvine, advocate.

Madeleine Smith

Date:: 1857

Credit: Report of the trial of Madeleine Smith : before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh, June 30th to July 9th, 1857, for the alleged poisoning of Pierre Émile l'Angelier / by Alexander Forbes Irvine, advocate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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$50. James Galloway (12), examined by the Lord Advocatk.—I live at 192 St George's Road, Glasgow. I knew M. L'Angelier by sight; he lived next door to a relation of mine, and I saw Mm several times. I remember Sunday the 22d Biarch. I saw L'Angelier that night about nine o'clock. He was in Sauchiehall Street. He was going east; he was going in the direction of Blythswood Square. He was about four or five minutes' walk from Blythswood Square. Cross-examined by the Dean of Faculty.—When I met L'Angelier that night he was walking rather slowly. 51. Mary Tiveedle (13), examined by the Lord Advocate.—T was servant to Mrs Parr, who keeps a lodging-house in Terrace Street, St Vincent vStreet, Glasgow. I knew M. L'Angelier. He was sometimes in the habit of coming to Mrs Farr's house to see a IMr M'Alester who lodged there. I remember Sunday the 22d Mai'ch ; I saw M. L'Angelier that niglit at twenty minutes past nine o'clock ; he called at the door, and asked for Islx M'Alester ; but Mr M'Alester was not at home. He wore a light top-coat and a Balmoral bonnet. [Shown coat and bonnet.] These are like the coat and bonnet he wore. When he found Mr M'Alester was not at home, he halted a moment at the stair-head and then went away. I went with an officer, Bernard M'Lauchlin, from INIi's Parr's to Blythswood Square, and it took us about five minutes to go there. Cross-examined by the Dean of Faculty.—Terrace Street is south and west from Blythswood Square. L'Angelier did not seem much disap- pointed that ^ftl'Alester was not at home. AVhen he halted at the stair- head he seemed as if he would have liked to come in. I did not ask him to come in. 52. Thomas Kavan (15), examined by the Lord Advocate.—I am a night constable in Glasgow. My beat in March last included the north and east sides of Blythswood Square ; it included Mr Smith's house. [Shown photogi'aph, No. 180.] I have seen this person more than once ; I saw him first about two months previous to hearing of his death ; I did not know his name; but I heard of the death of M. L'Angeher. I saw him in Mains Street, as well as I can recollect, about eleven o'clock, or between ten and eleven. He was standing near a lamp-post at the end of the back lane running from Mains Street. AVhen I came along the point of the Square, I turned along iMains Street, and he said, Cold night, policeman; do you smoke? I said Yes, Sir; and he put his hand in his breast-pocket, and giAe me two cigars, and passed on. He was then not more than the breadth of this Court from the wall of iNIr Smith's house. I saw him again, ten or twelve days after the first time. He was passing along at the garden side by the railings on the north side of Blythswood Square, going east towards Regent Street. He was passing opposite 5 and G Blythswood Stpiare ; he was on the side of the gardens. 5 and G Blythswood Square are west of Ko. 7, and he was going east. I saw him again about a fortnight, or be- tween a fortniglit and three weeks, {^-evious to the time 1 was first ex- amined before the Fiscal. He was then at the corner of Regent Street and Mains Street, coming towards Blythswood Square. It was early in the night ; but I can't positively say wlien. 1 should say between nine and ten o'clock. I never saw him again. I cannot swear to the date, but it was about a fortnight or three weeks l)eiore I was examined by tlic Fiscal—that was the 2d of April.$