gruel.  He said, “Dost thou know anything of this powder?  Didst thee ever see any of it?” I said, “No, sir, I never saw any but what I saw in the water gruel.”  He said, “Dost know where she had this powder, nor canst not thee guess?” I said, “I cannot tell, except she had it of Mr. Cranstoun.”  My reason for suspecting that was, Miss Blandy had letters oftener than usual.  My master said, “And, now thee mention’st it, I remember when he was at my house he mentioned a particular poison that they had in their country,” saying, “Oh, that villain! that ever he came to my house!” I told him likewise that I had showed the powder to Mr. Norton; he asked what Mr. Norton said to it; I told him Mr. Norton could not say what it was, as it was wet, but said, “Let it be what it will, it ought not to be there”; and said he was fearful there was foul play somewhere.  My master said, “What, Norton not know! that is strange, and so much used to drugs.”  Then I told him Mr. Norton thought proper he should search her pockets, and take away her keys and papers.  He said, “I cannot do it, I cannot shock her so much; canst not thee, when thou goest into her room, take out a letter or two, that she may think she dropped them by chance?” I told him, “I had no right to do it; she is your daughter, and you have a right to do it, and nobody else.”  He said, “I never in all my life read a letter that came to my daughter from any person.”  He desired, if possible, if I could meet with any powder anywhere that I would secure it.

Do you remember when Ann Emmet was sick (the charwoman)?—­I do, but cannot say how long or how little a time before this; I remember she was ill some time before my master’s death.

What did the prisoner order the old woman to eat at that time?—­She sent her some sack whey and some broth, I believe, to the value of a quart or three pints at twice, about once a day, or every other day, for four or five days.

Have you been ill from what you ate yourself?—­I was ill after drinking a dish of tea one Sunday morning, which I thought was not well relished, and I believed somebody had been taking salts in the cup before.

Who was it poured out for?—­I believe it was poured out for my master.

Why do you believe that?—­Because he used to drink in a different dish from the rest of the family, and it was out of his dish.

When was this?—­This was about six weeks and three days before his death.

How did you find yourself after drinking it?—­I found no ill-effects till after dinner; I then had a hardness in my stomach, and apprehended it was from eating plentifully of beans for dinner.

What symptoms had you afterwards?—­My stomach seemed to have something in it that could not digest, and I had remarkable trembling for three days, and after that for three mornings was seized with a reaching.

Have you since that time been ill from what you ate or drank?—­I tasted the water gruel twice—­once on the Tuesday evening when I was mixing it for my master, and on Wednesday, when I was going to pour it away, I put the pan to my mouth and drank a little of it.