Trial of Mary Blandy by Unknown
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dutiful, except upon any passion or a hasty word from her father.
When did she call her father "old villain"?--She would use expressions of that kind when she was in a passion. Upon what account?--For using her ill. KING'S COUNSEL--Were these expressions made use of before his face or behind his back?--I have heard her before his face and behind his back. PRISONER'S COUNSEL--When have you heard it?--I believe in the last twelve months, but cannot be sure. KING'S COUNSEL--Recollect on what occasion?--It has been, I believe, on little passions on both sides, and that generally from trifles. PRISONER'S COUNSEL--When did you first communicate your suspicion to Mr. Blandy about his being poisoned?--On the Saturday morning before his death, from what I saw on the Wednesday before. Why did you keep this suspicion of yours from Wednesday to Saturday?--The reason I did not tell my suspicions to Mr. Blandy sooner than Saturday was because I stayed for Mr. Stevens, the prisoner's uncle, who did not come till Friday night; I told him then, and he desired me to tell Mr. Blandy of it. Did you ever say anything of it to Miss Blandy?--No, I did not. Pray, what conversation passed between her father and her down upon |
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