R v Richardson
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1863 |
| Date | 01 January 1863 |
| Court | Assizes |
English Reports Citation: 176 E.R. 318
Nisi Prius
Referred to, Marks v. Beyfus, 25 Q. B. D. 495.
[693] Sussex Spring Assizes, 1863, Lewes, coram Cockburn, C J regina v rk hardson. (On an indictment for administering poison with intent to murder ; the police having, in consequence of certain information, found the bottle containing the poison in a place used by the prisoner held, that they were bound to disclose from whom they had the information ) [Referred to, Marks v Beyfus, 25 Q. B D 495 ] The prisoner was indicted for administering a certain poison, called corrosive sublimate, to Wm. H Halsted and Martha Halsted, with intent to murder them, &c Roupell for the prosecution Efeirrow for the defence From the evidence for the prosecution, it appeared that the prisoner was the domestic servant of the prosecutor and his wife, and that there was no one else but herself and them in the house at the time, and that, on the day in question, she had draiwn and brought up to table some beer for their dinner In that beer was found a quantity of corrosive sublimate, while other beer which she had drawn from the same cask for her own dinner was perfectly free from it ò so that it was clear the poUon must have been, either by accident or design, m the jug in which she had drawn the beer for her master and mistress She was questioned as to the matter, and her answers at the time seemed satisfactory About three weeks afterwards, however, some communication was made to the police, upon which they searched the servant's priyy, used only by the prisoner, and in the soil was found a phial containing a small quantity of liquid, containing corrosive sublimate. At the trial the policeman was asked from whom he received the information alluded to, when he replied, as he had previously done before the magistrates, and so statjed in the depositions, that he and all the West Sussex police received printed instructions, amongst which was one forbidding them to name persons from whom anv* information was received, and he therefore refused to say who were [694] his informants, unless ordered to do so by his superintendent (6) la] It is an incident of a common trading...
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