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with a fharp pointed blade of about 
four inches long, was found infide 
her ftays, which was all over bloody. 
She expreffed an unwillingnefs to 
be fearched. Her behaviour fub- 
fequently at the hofpital was fuch 
as torender the difcipline of the 
ftrait waiftcoat neceffary. The 
furgeon above mentioned examined 
the prifoner’s hand and fingers. He 
was of opinion that the finger could 
not be cut off in fighting or ftrug- 
gling with another perfon, becaufe 
it appeared to be regularly chopped 
off, as if laid fairly on a block. The 
part and the bone was cut ftraight 
through, and not in the leaft hack- 
ed or mangled. He obferved that 
the deceafed, at the time fhe was 
{poken to in the kitchen, appeared 
to be perfectly collected, although 
unable to fpeak. The deceafed di- 
ed in the London hofpital, after 
languifhing a fhort time. One of 
the furgeons appeared, who had no 
doubt of the wounds fhe received 
being the caufe of her death. And 
ihe magiftrate, who attended to 
take her depofitions at the hofpital, 
which were given in the prefence 
of the prifoner, ftated that fhe was 
very fenfible and collected, and at 
the fame time convinced of her ap- 
proaching diffolution. Thefe exa- 
minations were read by the clerk of 
the court, and ftated, in fubftance, 
that the deceafed went to the prifo- 
ner’s apartments in confequence of 
herownappointment. They were 
in treaty for fome articles, as a gold 
watch, fome linen, china, &c. For 
thefe fhe paid her 111. Some cof- 
fee-cups lay on the mantle-picce ; 
the deceafed afked for one of them; 
the. prifoner_defived her to take it 
off; but while fhe was doing this, 
the prifonerran to her and ftabbed 
her in the throat with a knife; fhe 
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then got her down on the bed; fhe 
gave her a great number of wounds, 
and faid, * You bitch, I will kill 
you out, you fhall not be able to tell, 
your own ftory.” The depofitions 
were regularly figned and attefted.: 
The evidence for the profecution 
was materially to the above effect. 
The prifoner, in her defence, en- 
tered into a long detail of circum- 
ftances, which fhe folemnly averred 
had taken place, and which gave 
rife to the cataftrophe. _ After ftat- 
ing the particulars of the treaty they 
were engaged in for the watch, &c.. 
fhe faid they differed materially as 
to terms. This gave rife to an al- 
tercation, which the deceafed ter- 
minated by faying, “ I fuppofe you 
want the money to go to London to 
be Courtois’s whore again, as was 
proved at the Old Bailey.” The 
panes anfwered, It was a damned 
ie: upon which very warm lan- 
guage enfued. In the end, the de- 
ceafed, fhe faid, fnatched up a green 
handled knife, and cut off her fore- 
finger. She was immediately co-~ 
vered with blood; fhe faw her fin- 
ger lying on the ground, and, her 
paffion fo far maftered her that fhe 
knew not what fhe did; fhe might 
have attacked the deceafed, but her | 
tremor and confufion were fo great 
that fhe had_not the leaft recollec~ 
tion of what fhedid at the moment. 
The firft thing fhe could recollect 
was, that fomebody put fome liquor 
down her throat; fhe then heard a 
cry of murder: fhe was foon after 
feized and fearched, and taken to 
the hofpital. Befides the finger be- 
ing cut off, fhe had feveral cuts in 
her arm.-The remainder of tfc 
defence related to her treatment at 
the hofpital, and her exchanging 
forgivenefs with the deceafed. This 
addreis was of confiderable ig 
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