The Timaru Sensation.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2428, 18 October 1886, Page 2

The Timaru Sensation.

United Press Association,

CumsTCHuiicii, Saturday. When tho Court opened this morning, Dr Hogg, the witness who had not been examined in the R.M, Court was called, He was surgeon of the Timaru Gaol, and said that Hall had not shown symptoms of suffering from morphia since his arrest. Hall had an attack of diarrhoea, which soon passed off; but otherwise his • physical health was good, and much better than Houston's. He was mentally distressed. He had heard it rumored that hall had beeu in the habit of injecting morphia into his veins, He did not know of any natural symptoms that would produce Hall's symptoms. . Mr Joynfc cross-examined the witness at length as to the meaning of antimony. Dr Hogg said that poisoning by any antimonial salts would bo properly expressed by poisonimr by antimony. His Honor said that, as at present advised, if tartar emetic was popularly known as antimony, ho would consider that suflicient for the indictment? Mr Joyut said he would see about that presently.

Dr'Stackpole, of Waimato deposed: That he had attended a consultation on Mrs Hall with Dr Melntyre on July 28. He stopped at Hall's house all night. He saw Houston, hut gave her no directions about the medicine, It would have been unprofessional for him to give directions, Dr Melntyre was in charge of the case. To Mr Hay: He said Miss Houston might have construed a remark he made about.poivders, to mean that sho was to give them.