The proceedings at large on the trial of John Donellan, Esq. for the wilful murder (by poison) of Sir the Edward Allesley Boughton, Bart., late of Lawford-Hall, in the county of Warwick tried before Mr. Justice Buller of the assizes at Warwick, on Friday the 30th day of March, 1781 / Taken in short-hand by permission of the judge by W. Blanchard.
- John Donellan
- Date:
- [1781]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The proceedings at large on the trial of John Donellan, Esq. for the wilful murder (by poison) of Sir the Edward Allesley Boughton, Bart., late of Lawford-Hall, in the county of Warwick tried before Mr. Justice Buller of the assizes at Warwick, on Friday the 30th day of March, 1781 / Taken in short-hand by permission of the judge by W. Blanchard. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![(- 3*;) A. I don’t know the particular words he faid to me, but it was to make me believe he had ta en cold. Qi Ai*e you, Sir, acquainted with Mr. Donellan’s manner of hand-writing ? A. Yes, Sir. <L Have you often feen him write ? A. Yes, I have feen him write. [.Letters produced'] Q. I)o you believe tbofe to be the hand-writing of the prifoner. A. Yes, they are all of them his hand-writing. Croft Examination. Q, Will you deferibe to the faculty what the feveral ingredients were of the medicine you fent him ? A. There were fifteen grains of rhubarb, and fifteen grains of jalap, two drachms of nutmeg water, twenty drops of fpiritsof lavender, two drachms of fimplefyrup, and an ounce and a half of fimple water. <L That is two ounces and four drachms ? A. Yes, except the twenty drops of lavender. Q. You had given one of thofe draughts upon the Sunday ? * A. Upon the Sunday. CL What was theeffe£t of the quantity of medicine you gave him ? A. It purged him very well, and agreed with him very well. Q. We wifh to kpow how many ftools he had, we mu ft not mince the matter ? A. 1 cannot tell how many, it purged him very well. <L Did they make him lick at all ? A. Not at all, it agreed with him very well, that which made him fick before, he defired 1 would alter; that was the manna and fairs, and 1 changed it. Upon the Saturday he was made fick. by taking manna and falts ? A. Yes ; I then made an alteration in them ; I have the two letters in my pocket concerning thefe alterations*](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28741444_0042.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
