cciatetbveted by me to the Indian gnge ys ed 
nee recording medico-legal ine 6 in Che- 
xaminer’s Department, Caloutta, catome 
in 1889, the ae one cases were cited as cases ree Datura 
poisoning tha ¢ came under observation during the period. 
‘In the case of an up-country bo 
the following history was forw: 
Sie oo states that he 
travellin; 
1 pate from Hoogly, 
and his uncle and his uncle’s 
m went to sleep and died in his 
sleep. The nephew was sick pres * ooptelaeh The father 
states that he was robbed by the m 
‘On examining the viscera, the asties principle of datura 
was detected.” 
of drngging by datura, ~ most 
important 
one Satie 4 in Clie, in which one 
their stomachs w , and the sent to the 
Chemical Examiner’s Department for tho th In one of 
these 46, in another 8, and Jl en as 
and some broken fragments o: 
the physiological action of the active prin on a shy drag 
were detected in the hon 3 of the s ace 
tion with this case, t a ype we, eae wil 
the accused, were sie xamination, and the active 
principle of datura t The man feigned 
insanity at his trial in the ri ay Conk but he was sen- 
“HAOVNV TOS 
