THE CAIN MURDER CASE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1546, 29 January 1887, Page 3

THE CAIN MURDER CASE.

He— THE CHARGE OF WILFUL MURDER AGAINST THOMAS HALL. FOURTH DAY. [Bt Telegraph]. From Our Special Correspondent. (Before His Honor Justice Johnston, and a Special Jury.) Dr Maclntyre continued his evidence. If the medicine he gave Cain were given in large quantities it would cause him to take a dislike to it. It would cause vomiting. It would not produce purging. Both diarrhoea and vomiting were characteristic of the disease Cain suffered from. He never expected Cain to recover. - . Hannah Ellison gave evidence with regard to the poisoned ice-water given by Hall to his wife.- She went over a good deal of the evidence given by her in the former case. Inspector Brohana, Detective Kirby, and Constable Daly repeated their evidence with regard to Hall’s , arrest on the 15th of August last. J, W. Webb, undertaker, and Edward Drake, sexton,, gave evidence of the burial and exhumation of Captain Gain. William Salek, chemist at Watkins’, repeated bis evidence with regard to the medicine supplied to Captain Cain’s house. In cross-examination he said what was supplied to the Captain’s household was charged to Captain Cain. He did not know of any cash purchases having been made by Captain Cain, but there may have been such purchases. There is an entry “ cough mixture,” on the 14th December, 1884 ; that was a large bottle of Walker’s Pectoral, 2s 6d. On the 13tb November, 1885, loz of strychnine was purchased on Captain Cain’s account. He should say about half a dozen different medicines for various purposes were made up and kept in stock for Dr Maclntyre. Could not say if other doctors have prescriptions made up and kept in stock at the other chemists, but they kept no prescriptions in stock for them. To Mr Haggitt; We have these prescriptions made up and kept in stock for our own convenience. Roderick Fraser Stewart said he could not say to whom the strychnine that was entered for Captain Cain on 13th November was given. The Court adjourned at 5.20 p.m. FIFTH DAY-FRIDAY. Dr Hogg was in the witness-box the greater part of the day, and gave evidence similar to that given by him in the Court in Timaru as to the exhumiog of the body of Cain, the post mortem , and all examinations up to the time when antimony was found in the body. During bis evidence Mr Haggitt asked ; it being stated by Dr Maclntyre that Captain Cain suffered from nausea, vomiting, thirst, depression, increasing weakness, and diarrhoea, and that these symptoms continued the same with increasing weakness, down to the time of his death, and knowing that you yourself found antimony in the body after death, what do you conclude ? * , ; Witness; They are more consistent with symptoms of antimonial poisoning. Mr Haggitt: : Supposing i the same symptoms were traceable to disease, and you found the antimony after death, what would you conclude then ? Witness; That the antimony bad aggravated the disease. Mr Haggitt: What, do you mean by aggravating the disease ? Witness; That it would hasten the fatal termination of the disease, . Mr Haggitt: That is, in other words, that antimony administered under such circumstances would accelerate death ] Witness; Yes, In his cross-examination he seated that he drew his inferences from his own knowledge and authorities such as Woodman, Sidey, and Taylor. He had personally given antimony in pm*" * s He knew it_ existed certain “ paten * medicine He had discussed the features of the case with Dr Bathelor and Dr Drew with the view of getting their opinions and to see if their opinions agreed, Dr Ogston and witqepp talked about the analysjs features of Gain’s case. Also talked oyer the subject with Dr Brown. The last time he talked with him was yesterday. Discussed about his evidence with him. If he had found in a patient

indications of chi ;. : 6 disease of the kidneys, and found iiUmnen in water, fln r !. dropsy also, he (vitness) would not naturally attribute them to the existence of Bright's disease. These things might bo due to heart disease giving rise to congestion of the kidneys. Opium might probably produce vomiting. At *he post mortem examination he assisted in putting contents into bott'es. Dr Ogston did the cutting, lifting out, and tying when necessary. Did not open the skull or the spinal column. An excess of champagne given to a person in Captain Cain’s stats might produce vomiting and purging. Re-examined by Mr Haggitt j There are a great number of forms of Bright’s disease and symptoms vary in a'most all instances. Every form of Bright’s disease may have vomiting. Retention of the urine causes vomiting. During Cain’s life he saw nothing to lead him to conclude that he had Bright’s disease. After death he could not tell. The kidneys were in a condition to prevent him forming an opinion. There was nothing to enable him to tell whether Cain had or had not Bright's disease. Attended Cain between May and July 1885. He was suffering from disease of the heart. Discovered that by examination. As to opium producing vomiting that would depend on the quantity and the patient’s susceptibility. To Mr Chapman ; Dropsy may show itself in Bright’s disease. Dr William Brown, a new witness, deposed: 1 know the substance called tartar emetic. The effect of .that poison administered in such quantities as to cause sickness and vomiting upon a person suffering from kidney disease and dropsy would be very dangerous unless the kidney disease was of a certain nature, when the effect would be risky and hazardous. The kind I refer to is acute kidney disease. Supposing in addition to the kidney disease and dropsy there was something the matter with his heart, such a dose would be extremely dangerous. If the patient were an old man, suffering from general debility, it would probably kill him. If the patient were suffering from senile gangrene, vomiting, and diarrhoea, the effect would be to kill him. The doses might not immediately kill him if he vomited them up, but the prostration resulting therefrom might prove fatal Cross-examined: I have not made the subject of antimony a special study, except within the past two or three days. Dr Ogston gave evidence at length as Jo his experience and as to the 'post mortem. He arrived at the same conclusion asDrs Brown and Hogg, and his examination was not concluded whan the Court rose. Every evening hundreds of persons assemble to see the prisoner and boot him. Letters are appearing :in ,■ the papers objecting.