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ACCIDENTAL  POISONING. 
soap.  The  deposit  produced  in  the  filtration  of  sperm  oil  is 
called  spermaceti,  and  is  very  valuable,  commanding  a  ready 
sale  at  X90  per  ton.  These  oils  are  used  for  the  purpose  of  illu- 
mination, only  with  the  exception  of  sperm,  which  is  employed 
in  the  cotton  districts  for  the  lubrication  of  spindles.  Large 
quantities  of  olive  oil  are  imported  from  Spain  for  lubricating 
machinery,  and  immense  quantities  of  American  lard  are  im- 
ported, pressed,  and  filtered  for  obtaining  the  oil  known  as 
lard  oil,  which  is  considered  a  good  lubricator,  and  certainly 
has  the  quality  of  cheapness  to  recommend  it  Lond.  Pharm. 
Journ.,  Sept.  1,  1864,  from  Mechanics'  Magazine. 
ACCIDENTAL  POISONING. 
LIVERPOOL  SUMMER  ASSIZES. — CROWN  COURT. —  (BEFORE  LORD  CHIEF  JUSTICE 
COCKBURN.) 
Richard  Poole  surrendered  upon  an  indictment,  charging  him 
with  having,  at  Liverpool,  feloniously  killed  and  slain  one  John 
Lingard,  on  the  11th  of  April  last.  Mr.  Aspinall,  Q.  C,  and 
Mr.  Samuell  appeared  for  the  prosecution ;  the  Hon.  Mr.  Lid- 
dell,  Q.  C,  and  Mr.  Potter  for  the  defence.  Prisoner  pleaded 
not  guilty. 
It  will  doubtless  be  in  the  remembrance  of  our  readers  that 
the  prisoner,  a  young  man  about  twenty-five  years  of  age,  was 
a  dispensing  assistant  in  the  establishment  of  Messrs.  Clay  and 
Abraham,  chemists,  Bold  Street,  and  that  the  deceased  was  a 
plumber  and  glazier,  residing  in  Mount  Pleasant.  On  the  11th 
of  April  last,  Dr.  Nottingham  prescribed  a  lotion  and  a  powder 
for  the  deceased,  who  was  suffering  from  an  affliction  in  one  of 
his  eyes  ;  the  latter  was  to  be  composed  of  five  grains  of  James's 
powder  and  six  grains  of  Dover's  powder.  The  prescription 
was  taken,  in  accordance  with  the  directions  of  Dr.  Nottingham, 
to  Messrs.  Clay  and  Abraham's  shop,  in  Bold  Street,  by  Miss 
Witter,  ttho  was  at  the  time  staying  at  Mr.  Lingard's  house. 
The  prescription  was  first  handed  to  Mr.  Whitton,  who  looked 
at  it  and  then  passed  it  on  to  one  of  the  assistants,  whose  duty 
it  was  to  copy  it.  That  having  been  done,  the  prescription  was 
given  to  the  prisoner,  who  made  it  up.  In  doing  so  he  had  to 
use  two  bottles,  and  it  appeared  that  the  one  containing  James's 
