A Report of the Trial and Acquittal of Mary Hunter, for the Alleged Murder of Her Husband by Arsenic

With Arguments in Proof of Her Innocence and Strictures Upon Some Parts of the Medical Jurisprudence of this Country

She came again that day, between four and five, and brought another person
with her, whose name is Dunn. The person present is the same. She said she
had brought Mrs. Dunn as a witness. I asked if Mrs. Dunn knew what was wanted,
and she said yes; it was all right: it was for the arsenic. [Mr. Wilkins, had created
prejudice by saying, that she did not mention arsenic in Mrs. Dunn's presence.]
The prisoner asked how I sold it, and I told her. She said “let me have two ounces
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