In a tract entitled “Observations on Animal Life and Apparent Death, by _John Franks_, surgeon, 8vo. London, 1790,” the author says that “when the late _Mr. Justamond_ (Surgeon to the Middlesex hospital) lived on the terrace, Palace yard, Westminster, a boy who had been drowned in the Thames was brought to him; he made an opening into the wind-pipe, in order to inflate the lungs; but the discharge of blood which ensued was such as gave him no chance of succeeding in the recovery; for he could not prevent the blood from pouring down into the lungs.” Although, says _Dr. Currie_, nothing is said in this case about the pulse, yet from the blood flowing so copiously, there is reason to believe that the heart had begun to act; and therefore to conclude, that life was in fact _destroyed_ by this operation, which _might_ have been saved without it. See “Observations on Apparent Death from Drowning, Hanging, Suffocation by noxious vapours, &c.” by _James Currie_, M.D. London, 1815. Footnote 69: The first body galvanised in this country was that of the malefactor _George Foster_, who was executed in January 1803, before Newgate, for the murder of his wife and infant daughter, by drowning them in the Paddington Canal; the experiment was conducted under the direction of _Aldini_, the nephew of _Galvani_. Footnote 70: _Medico-Chirurg. Trans._ vol. 1, p. 26. Footnote 71: Elements of Juridical or Forensic Medicine. Footnote 72: Newgate Calendar. Footnote 73: See _Maclaurin’s Crim. Ca._ _p. 71._ where this circumstance is alluded to. Footnote 74: By the Scottish law, in part founded on that of the Romans, a person against whom the judgment of the Court has been executed, can suffer no more in future, but is thenceforward totally exculpated; and it is likewise held, that the marriage is dissolved by the execution of the convicted party. _Margaret Dickson_ then, having been convicted and executed, as above mentioned, the king’s advocate could prosecute her no farther, but he filed a bill in the high court of Judiciary against the sheriff, for omitting to fulfil the law. The husband of this revived convict, however, married her publicly a few days after her resuscitation; and she strenuously denied the crime for which she had suffered. Footnote 75: The Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench is the principal Coroner in the kingdom, and may, if he pleases, exercise the jurisdiction of a coroner in any part of the Realm. 4 _Rep._ 57. Footnote 76: