THE TIMAU POISONING CASE. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Christchurch, Thursday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2227, 16 October 1886, Page 2

THE TIMAU POISONING CASE. [BY TEL EGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Christchurch, Thursday.

Tin: hearing of the Tunaru poisoning case piicjedcd nioie lapidly to day. The examin ition and croN^-exaijjination of seven witnesses, weio com | tinted. They were all members of the Timaru Police, and cora■>iw>d Inspects lirohatn, Detective Kirby, md h\e con-table-:. Their e\ideuce was uith reference to the circumstances of the aup-t, the finding of the phial in Hall's pocket at tho turn , -\ hleli had been found to contain t.ntar emetic, a preparation of antimony : the ia?-, and wood soaked with ketosene m th'j trariet, and the conveyance of all the \,uion> e\ljibit& to Professor Dl ick, of Dunedin. Theie was ,v discrepancy between the evidence of Inspector Broham and Detective Knby with repard to the tone in which Miss Houston t-aid to Hall, " Antimony— that is what you use for your photography ?'" The former a--.eit.ed that the words were Used as if she was otfeiinp an evplanation, while Kirby coiibidered s!ie uttered them as if askmp a question. Professor Black was also examined, but not cross questioned, as the tune for the adjournment had armed. He proved the presence of antimony in the ice water Mrs Hall had been taking, ako in the vomit, wine, etc. He ako fm ther -,aid that colchicum, a poison which Hall had purchased largely, was present in the brandy used for Mis Hall o injections.