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of um by their voice. Zo I thought I 'd get the verdict of 'em, 
one after the other ; and, hearing Jones's voice, I says to un, 
* Mr. Jones,' says I, 'what do you think of these here caze 1 ?' He 
says, ' 1 be for shutting of it op. If a has killed the old woman, 
I know by two he 'th a zaved from drowning, and if you draw 
one agin the other I bain't for hanging of un/ 'That's one/ 
says I. Then I says to the next, I couldn't zee un, but I heard 
the voice of un, 6 What is your opinion of these caze V He zaid, 
' These here doctors are too frolicsome with their laudadums and 
their doldrums. If a have mit wi' a misfortune with the old 
woman, I 'm agin hanging of un.' Zo I says to the next, 
£ Winnick,' says I — for I know'd un by his voice ; but thinking 
the voreman to the jury didn't ought to call a man by his nick- 
name ['winnick' is the nick-name for a cheat] — 'Winnick,' says I ; 
6 Mr. Brown,' says I, calling of un by his right name afterwards, 
' what do you think of these here caze V He says, ' I be for giving 
of un three months in the sheriff's ward.' ' Oh,' says I, ' 'tis 
neck or nothing!' 'Then,' says he, 'I'm for nothing.' The next 
man to he, when I asked un, zaid, ' I be for giving of it agin the 
rabbits and onions. Maister Cook worthy hath a zaid 'twas the 
rabbits and onions. No old woman oft to ate rabbits and onions 
afore her goes to bed. If it didn't kill her, it oughter ! ' " 
The old woman had eaten rabbit and onions for supper, and 
Dr. Cook worthy had given medical evidence as to the contents of 
the stomach. The stomach had been sent to him after it had been 
examined by the local doctors, at which he was much annoyed. 
He said, in giving evidence, that the smell of arsenic was like the 
smell of onions ; and he got into a row with counsel and the judge, 
which had a notable effect on the jury, as he was such a very 
well-known man. In reply to a direct question by counsel, "Did 
you find arsenic in the stomach ?" Dr. Cookworthy replied, "If 
the stomach had been sent to me at first, before it had been 
examined by others, I could give an answer; but as it is, I can 
only say it probably contained arsenic." Then followed the usual 
brow-beating by counsel, but in this instance they had got hold of 
the wrong man. Counsel said, " I want an answer to my question, 
Yes or No." The reply to that was, with some warmth : "If the 
stomach had been sent to me at first, before it had been examined 
by others, I could give an answer ; but as it is, I can only say it 
probably contained arsenic." Counsel (with warmth) : "Did you 
