7 August--Emmet eats what was left the night before, and is taken ill. Mary orders the remains of the gruel to be warmed. Gunnell and Binfield notice white sediment in pan and lock it up. 8 August--Gunnell and Binfield take pan to Mrs. Mounteney, who delivers it to Mr. Norton. 9 August--Mr. Stevens, of Fawley, arrives and hears suspicions. 10 August--Gunnell tells Mr. Blandy of suspicions. Mary burns papers and packet. Dr. Addington called in. 11 August--Pan and packet given to Dr. Addington. He warns Mary. Her letter to Cranstoun intercepted. 12 August--Last interview between Mary and her father. 13 August--Mr. Blandy worse. Dr. Lewis called in. Mary confined to her room. 14 August--Death of Mr. Blandy. Mary attempts to bribe Harmon and Binfield to effect her escape. 15 August--Flight of Mary. Coroner's inquest. Mary apprehended. 17 August--Mary removed to Oxford Castle. 4 September--Cranstoun escapes to Calais. 1752. 2 March--Grand Jury find a True Bill against Mary Blandy. 3 March--Trial at Oxford Assizes. Prisoner convicted and sentenced to death. 6 March--Execution of Mary Blandy. 2 December--Death of Cranstoun. THE TRIAL AT THE ASSIZES HELD AT OXFORD FOR THE COUNTY OF OXFORD. TUESDAY, 3RD MARCH, 1752. _Judges_-- THE HONOURABLE HENEAGE LEGGE, ESQ., AND SIR SYDNEY STAFFORD SMYTHE, KNT., Two of the Barons of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer. _Counsel for the Crown_-- The Honourable Mr. BATHURST. Mr. Serjeant HAYWARD. The Honourable Mr. BARRINGTON. Mr. HAYES. Mr. NARES. Mr. AMBLER. _Counsel for the Prisoner_-- Mr. FORD. Mr. MORTON. Mr. ASTON. The Indictment. On Monday, the 2nd of March, 1752, a bill of indictment was found by the grand inquest for the county of Oxford against Mary Blandy, spinster, for the murder of Francis Blandy, late of the parish of Henley-upon-Thames, in the said county, gentleman. On Tuesday, the 3rd of March, 1752, the Court being met, the prisoner Mary Blandy was set to the bar, when the Court proceeded thus--