Cook, John Parsons, -1855; Palmer, William, 1824-1856 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Trials (Murder) -- England -- London
Suppose the whole of it has been eliminated from the blood and passed
from the system?--Certainly not.
LORD CAMPBELL--You would expect to find it elsewhere, not in the
stomach?--Yes. I would expect to find it in the blood and in the
tissues.
[Sidenote: F. Wrightson]
Cross-examination resumed--My question only supposes the minimum of the
dose that will destroy life to have been given; and, supposing that to
have been absorbed into the circulation, and there deposited in the
tissues, or part of it eliminated by the action of the kidneys, would
you know where to search for it?--I should search for it both in the
blood and in the tissues, and in the ejecta of the kidneys; and from my
experiments I should expect to find it in each of them, in case the
urine was not ejected during the time of poisoning.
Re-examined by Mr. SERJEANT SHEE--If a man had been killed by strychnia,
administered an hour and a half before he died, the poison would
certainly be detected in the stomach in the first instance.
Supposing it to have been administered in the shape of pills, would it
by that time have been all absorbed and circulated in the system so as
to get out of the stomach?--I cannot tell. If it were so I would find it
in the blood, the liver, and the spleen.
Could you form an opinion whether it could be detected under these
circumstances on the coats of the stomach?--Not knowing the dose
administered and the powers of absorption, I cannot say with absolute
certainty it would be detected, but I should think it in the highest
degree probable if a moderate dose had been administered.
Could you form any opinion from the fact that death had taken place
after one paroxysm, and in an hour and a half after the ingestion of the
poison, whether it was a considerable or an inconsiderable dose?--I
cannot give a decided opinion.
LORD CAMPBELL--I cannot allow this gentleman to leave the box without
expressing my high approbation of the manner in which he has given his
evidence.
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[Sidenote: R. Partridge]
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