Was he for delaying?—­He was, till the next morning.

How had she behaved to him in any other illness of her father’s?—­I never saw but at such times she behaved with true affection and regard.

Had she used to be much with him?—­She used to be backwards and forwards with him in the room.

Did you give any intimation to Miss Blandy after the powder was tried?—­I did not, but went up to acquaint her uncle.  He was so affected he could not come down to apprise Mr. Blandy of it.

When did she first know that you knew of it?—­I never knew she knew of it till the Monday.

How came you to suspect that at the bottom of the pan to be poison?—­I found it very gritty, and had no smell.  When I went down and saw the old washerwoman, that she had tasted of the water gruel and was affected with the same symptoms as Mr. Blandy, I then suspected he was poisoned, and said I was afraid Mr. Blandy had had foul play; but I did not tell either him or Miss Blandy so, because I found by the maid that Miss Blandy was suspected.

Whom did you suspect might do it?—­I had suspicion it was Miss Blandy.

KING’S COUNSEL—­When was Dr. Addington sent for?—­On the Saturday night.

[Sidenote:  Mrs. Mary Mounteney]

Mrs. MARY MOUNTENEY[10] examined—­Susan Gunnell brought a pan to my house on the 8th of August with water gruel in it and powder at the bottom, and desired me to look at it.  I sent for Mr. Norton.  He took the powder out on a piece of white paper which I gave him.  He delivered the same powder to me, and I took care of it and locked it up.

Cross-examined—­Did you ever see any behaviour of Miss Blandy otherwise than that of an affectionate daughter?—­I never did.  She was always dutiful to her father, as far as I saw, when her father was present.

To whom did you first mention that this powder was put into the paper?—­To the best of my remembrance, I never made mention of it to anybody till Mr. Norton fetched it away, which was on the 11th of August, the Sunday morning after, to be shown to Dr. Addington.

Between the time of its being brought to your house and the time it was fetched away, were you ever at Mr. Blandy’s house?—­No, I was not in that time, but was there on Sunday in the afternoon.

Had you not showed it at any other place during that time?—­I had not, sir.

Did you, on the Sunday, in the afternoon, mention it to Mr. or Miss Blandy?—­No, not to either of them.

[Sidenote:  S. Gunnell]

SUSANNAH GUNNELL, examined—­I carried the water gruel in a pan to Mrs.
Mounteney’s house.

Whose use was it made for?—­It was made for Mr. Blandy’s use, on the
Sunday seven-night before his death.

Who made it?—­I made it.

Where did you put it after you had made it?—­I put it into the common pantry, where all the family used to go.

Did you observe any particular person busy about there afterwards?—­No, nobody; Miss Blandy told me on the Monday she had been in the pantry (I did not see her) stirring her father’s water gruel, and eating the oatmeal out of the bottom of it.