he could not recollect his particular words, but his general intent was to make him believe that "Sir Theodosius had taken cold." Lady Boughton deposed, that Sir Theodosius was twenty years old on the 3d of August last. On his coming of age, he would have been entitled to above 2000l. a year. On the event of his dying a minor, the greater part of his fortune was to descend to the sister, the wife of Mr. Donellan. The prisoner, several times before the death of her son, had talked to her about the state of his health. His expressions were,"Don't talk about leaving Lawford-Hall; he is in a very bad state of health; you cannot tell what may happen before that time." She thought he meant his being so very venturous in going a hunting, and the like. Mr. Fonnereau, a friend of her son, was expected at Lawford-hall, the latter end of the week in which he died. He was to stay a week, and then Sir Theodosius was to have returned with him into Northamptonshire; Sir Theodosius had not said how long he intended to continue there. On Tuesday, the 29th of August, a servant was sent to Mr. Powell, for the draughts for Sir Theodosius. Upon enquiry where the servant was, Mr. Donellan said, "O, Sir Theodosius had sent him a second time for the bottle of stuff." It was known in the family that Sir Theodosius was to take his physic the next morning. He used to put his physic in his dressing-room. He happened once to forget to take it; upon which Mr. Donellan said, "Why don't you set it in your outer room? then you would not so soon forget it.” After this he

had several times the medicines upon his shelf over the chimney-piece in his outer room. On the evening of Tuesday the 29th, about six o'clock,

Sir Theodosius went a fishing, attended only by one servant, Samuel Frost. She and Mrs. Donellan

took a walk in the garden. They were there above an hour. To the best of her recollection she had seen nothing of Mr. Donellan after dinner, till about seven o'clock, when he came out of the house-door into the garden, and told them, that "he had been to see them a-fishing, and that he would have persuaded Sir Theodosius to come in, lest he should take cold, but he could not." Sir Theodosius came home a little after nine, apparently very well. He went up into his own room soon after, and went to bed. He requested her to call him the next morning, and give him his physic. Accordingly, she went into his room about seven that morning, when he appeared to be very well. She asked him, "Where the bottle was?" he said, "It stands there upon the shelf." He first desired her to get him a bit of cheese, in order to take the taste out of his mouth, which she did. read the label, which she found there was written draught for Sir Theodosius Boughton." was talking to him, she omitted to shake the bottle. Observing that, he said, "Pour it back again, and shake the bottle." In doing this she spilt part of it upon the table; the rest she gave him. As he was taking it, he observed," it smelt and tasted very nauseous:" upon which she said, "I think it smells very strongly like bitter almonds." gave him the cheese; he chewed it, and spit it out. He then remarked, that "he thought he should not be able to keep the medicine upon his stomach." She gave him some water; he washed his mouth with it, and, spitting it out, lay down. Here a bottle

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bottle was delivered to Lady Boughton, (containing the genuine draught) which she was desired te smell at, and to inform the court, whether it smelt at all like the medicine Sir Theodosius took. She answered in the negative. She was then desired to smell at another, (containing the draught with the addition of the laurel-water,) which she said had a smell very much like that of the medicine she gave to Sir Theodosius. Lady Boughton then proceeded with her evidence. In two minutes, or a minute and a half, after Sir Theodosius had taken the draught, he struggled very much. It appeared to her as if it was to keep the draught down. He made a prodigious rattling in his stomach, and guggling; and these symptoms continued about ten minutes. He then seemed as if he was going to sleep, or inclined to dose. Perceiving him a little composed, she went out of the room.

She returned in about five minutes after, and to her great surprise, found him with his eyes fixed upwards, his teeth clenched, and foam running out of his mouth, She instantly desired a servant to take the first horse he could get, and go for Mr. Powell. She saw Mr. Donellan in less than five minutes after. He came into the room where Sir Theodosius lay, and asked her, "What do you want?" she answered, "She wanted to inform him what a terrible thing had happened; that it was an unaccountable thing in the doctor to send such a medicine, for, if it had been taken by a dog, it would have killed him, and she did not think her son would live." He asked, "In what manner was Sir Theodosius, then ?" She told him. He then asked her "where the physic bottle was?" She shewed him the two draughts. He took up one of

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the bottles, and said, "Is this it?" Site answered, "Yes." He took it, and, after rinsing it, emptied it into some dirty water that was in a wash-hand bason. After he had thrown the contents of the first bottle into the wash-hard bason, she observed, "that he ought not to do that." She added, "What are you at? you should not meddle with the bottle." Upon that he snatched up the other bottle, and rinsed it; then he put his finger to it, and tasted it. She said, "What are you about? you ought not to meddle with the bottles." Upon which he said, "I did it to taste it." But he did not taste the first bottle. Sarah Blundell and Catharine Amos came up into the room. The former is since dead. He desired Sarah Blundell " to take away the bason, the dirty things, and the bottles ;" and he put the bottles into her hand. Her Ladyship took the bottles from her, set them down, and bid her let the things alone. He then desired "that the room might be cleaned, and the clothes thrown into an inner room." Her Ladyship opened the door of the inner room.

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Sarah Blundell had put the clothes into that room, Mr. Donellan, while the witness's back was turned, put the bottles into her hand again, and bid her take them down; and was angry she had not done it at first. This circumstance Sarah Blundell told her; for all that she herself knew of it in fact was, that the bottles were taken out of the room. Some time afterwards her Ladyship went down into the parlour. Mr. and Mrs. Donellan were there. The prisoner, in the witness's presence, said to his wife, that her mother had been pleased to take notice of his washing the bottles, and that he did not know what he should have done, if he had not thought of saying he put the water into it, to put

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his finger to it to taste." The witness, on this, turned away from him to the window, and made no answer; upon which he repeated the same. As she still made no answer, he desired his wife to ring the bell, in order to call up a servant; when the servant came, he ordered him to send in the coachman. When he came, the prisoner said, “ Will, don't you remember that I set out of these iron gates at seven o'clock this morning?" "Yes, Sir," said he. "And that was the first time of my going out; I have never been on the other side of the house this morning: you remember that I set out there this morning at seven o'clock, and asked for a horse to go to the Wells?" "Yes, Sir." Mr. Donellan said, “then you are my evidence." The servant answered, "Yes, Sir." She did not recollect that the prisoner made any other observation. She then said, that Mr. Donellan received a letter from Sir William Wheeler, desiring the body might be opened. He shewed her his answer to this letter. She told him," he had better let it alone, and not send such a letter as that;" but she did not tell him the reason of her disliking it. He replied, "it was necessary to send an answer, and he would send it." She afterwards attended before the Coroner and the Jury in order to be examined. Mr. Donellan was present. She mentioned to the Jury the circumstance of the prisoner's insing the bottle. Being returned to Lawford-hall, the prisoner said to his wife before the witness, that "she had no occasion to have told the circumstance of his washing the bottles: she was only to answer such questions as were put to her; and that question had not been asked her." Being asked whether Mr. Donellan did not endeavour to account to her for her son's death, she answered, that, when the things