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■to Tie nonsuited, lie should direct the jury to find a 
verdict for the defendant. 
Hr. Sugg- preferred a verdict for the defendant, in 
order that he might be in a position to appeal. 
A verdict for the defendant ivas then entered. 
Lambeth Police Couht, June 16 . 
Charge against a “ Medical Botanist.” 
Charles do Badderley, 41, of Exeter Villas, Kcmning- 
ton Oval, described as a medical botanist, and Sarah de 
Badderley, 37, said to be his wife, were charged before 
Mr. Ellison on a warrant with having supplied, ergot of 
rye with intent to cause the miscarriage of a woman. 
Mr. Poland appeared on the part of the Government to 
pirosecute; Mr. Fullager was for the prisoners. 
Counsel, in opening the case, said the attention of the 
police authorities had been directed to the parties, and 
their notice was called to the following advertisement in 
a publication called the Medium :—“ Clairvoyance.— 
Madame de Badderley, the celebrated clairvoyante, at 
Lome for consultation from 2 to 7 daily. Communica¬ 
tions by letter, stating age, etc. Morning consultations 
by appointment. Address 4, Exeter Villas, Eennington 
Oval, London, S.E.” 
_ Mrs. Hansard, a widow, who had acted under the direc¬ 
tion of Mr. Inspector Clark, of the detective department 
of Scotland Yard, said that according to instructions she 
went on the 16th of March to 4, Exeter Villas, with the 
letter produced and a sovereign he gave her. She told 
the servant who opened the door that she wanted to see 
Madame de Badderley privately. The male prisoner 
came forward and said he was “Mr. de Badderley.” 
The woman came, and he left for a time. Witness 
told the female prisoner that she was in great trouble 
through a niece, who was pregnant, and was in a 
situation in the country. The prisoner said she could 
do nothing until put into a state of clairvoyance; and 
the male prisoner, who came in, said he would perform 
the operation. He stared at her aifd made passes, and 
when she nodded that she was in a proper state of clair¬ 
voyance, he blindfolded her, and told witness to hold her 
hand while asking her any question, or her power would 
be gone. Witness took her hand and held it the whole 
time. She read the letter to her which had been given 
by Inspector Clark, and which was written as if it came 
from the niece to the aunt. Witness asked the female 
prisoner if she could do anything, and she said she would, 
when out of the clairvoyant state, give her some herbs to 
procure abortion. Witness rang the bell, and the male 
prisoner came into the room, took off the bandage from 
the eyes of the woman, who appeared to wake up. Wit¬ 
ness then told her what she had said, and the woman 
requested the man to give her two bundles of herbs and 
also a box of the strongest pills. Ho w T ent out of the 
room and shortly came back with a bundle of herbs. 
The female prisoner said the fee was usually a guinea, 
but as the girl was a servant it would be 10s. Witness 
handed to her the sovereign she had from Inspector 
Clark, and she gave it to the male prisoner, and he gave 
witness 10s. in change. The woman said that in case 
what she had given her did not act she was to call on 
the 21st of March, and then she would give her some¬ 
thing stronger. Witness took the articles to the Horns 
Tavern, where she had appointed to meet the inspector, 
and gave them to him. On the 21st of March she met 
Sergeant Freeman at Kennington, and from him re¬ 
ceived a second letter and another sovereign. She 
went to the house of the prisoners. She again saw 
both prisoners together. She told the woman that the 
medicine had not acted. The woman was again put 
in a state of clairvoyance. Witness read a second letter, 
nnd asked her if she could give her the powders pro¬ 
mised. She said she would, and they were to be taken 
in warm bitter beer before going to bed. The powders 
would be very strong, and she described what they 
could perform. She said, if required, she would make 
up a mixture, and her fee would be £5. Witness said 
the^ price was high, and the woman said she had great 
difficulty in getting the herbs. She afterwards told wit¬ 
ness not to come before three weeks, as it was a critical 
case. W itness was also to write a note a day before she 
came, without giving any name, which was to be ad¬ 
dressed to her as Madame do Badderley, as Mr. de Bad¬ 
derley had nothing to do with such cases, and she made 
up the medicine herself. When she had asked her all 
questions on her state she rang the bell, and the male 
prisoner brought her out of her state of clairvoyance, 
and after going out of the room he returned with four 
powders. Witness handed her the sovereign given to 
her and received 10s. in change. She gave, on leaving, 
the powder to Sergeant Freeman. On the 19th of 
April witness wrote a letter as directed, addressed to 
“ Madame de Badderley,” and on the next day called. 
Inspector Clark gave her a £5 note, of which he took 
the number, and the male prisoner told her a letter had 
been received, and madame would be ready in a few 
minutes. The female prisoner came in, and at her own 
request was put into a state of clairvoyance. While in 
that supposed state the woman startled her, and said 
a gentleman was passing her vision who frequently con¬ 
sulted her. She added that she did not know what she 
had to do with the witness’s young friend who then 
came up before her. There was, she continued to say, 
life in the child, and it was a very critical case. She 
would give her the mixture, and advised that the girl 
should get away from her place, as it would make her 
cry out, and that would cause the domestics to become 
alarmed; a doctor would be sent for, and they would all 
be in a pretty plight. She said how powerful the mix¬ 
ture was, and what was left must at once be destroyed. 
The girl, she said, was to have every comfort, and to be 
careful not to take cold. Witness produced the £5 
note, and she said to witness, “ You stupid; why didn’t 
you bring gold ?” The other prisoner got change, and 
the woman put one guinea aside, she said, for his con¬ 
sultation fee. 
Inspector Clark was called to confirm the last witness. 
He had planned the interview, and took the prisoners on 
Thursday morning into custody at the house. 
Mr. Fullager reserved his cross-examination, and Mr. 
Poland asked for an adjournment. Mr. Ellison said 
there must be a remand. 
Mr. Fullager asked that bail might be accepted, and 
produced a letter, he said, from a member of Parliament. 
Mr. Ellison said the case was far too serious for him to 
take bail. Mr. Poland said he should complete the case 
on the next occasion. 
Dr. Dobell’s Reports on the Progress of Practical 
and Scientific Medicine in different Parts of 
the World. Contributed by numerous and distin¬ 
guished Coadjutors. Yol. II. London: 1871. 
In spite of his somewhat unprofessional title-page, (if 
coadjutors are “distinguished’,’ there is surely no neces¬ 
sity for publishing the fact!) Dr. Dobell has carried out 
a good idea so satisfactorily as to make us regret that 
this, his second, volume will also be his last. As medi¬ 
cine advances, it becomes more and more requisite to 
record the net results of each successive year’s observa¬ 
tion and experience; otherwise, the fellow-workers in 
the same mighty field will be kept in ignorance of each 
other’s achievements, and much time will be wasted in 
the solution of problems already solved. 
As might have been expected, the report of the con¬ 
tributions made to medical knowledge in the United 
Kingdom is fuller and more satisfactory than those 
transmitted from other parts of the globe ; Dr. Dobell 
having laboured under disadvantages similar to those of 
