Executed at Ely, 7th of November, 1750, for Petit Treason, in the Murder of her Husband.
She purchased a quantity of arsenic; and her husband, Mr Hutchinson being afflicted with an ague, and wishing for something warm to drink, she put some arsenic in ale, of which he drank very plentifully; and then she left him, saying she would go and buy something for his dinner. The poison's effects were fatal, for he died about dinner-time on the same day.
The young widow was taken into custody the same day, on suspicion of having committed a murder. The body of the deceased being now taken up, the coroner's jury was summoned, and the verdict they gave was that John Hutchinson had died by poison: on which the woman was committed to the jail at Ely. She had counsel to plead for her on the trial; but, the evidence against her being such as satisfied the jury, she was convicted, and ordered for execution.
She purchased a quantity of arsenic; and her husband, Mr Hutchinson being afflicted with an ague, and wishing for something warm to drink, she put some arsenic in ale, of which he drank very plentifully; and then she left him, saying she would go and buy something for his dinner. The poison's effects were fatal, for he died about dinner-time on the same day.
The young widow was taken into custody the same day, on suspicion of having committed a murder. The body of the deceased being now taken up, the coroner's jury was summoned, and the verdict they gave was that John Hutchinson had died by poison: on which the woman was committed to the jail at Ely. She had counsel to plead for her on the trial; but, the evidence against her being such as satisfied the jury, she was convicted, and ordered for execution.
Executed at Ely, 7th of November, 1750, for Petit Treason, in the Murder of her Husband.
She purchased a quantity of arsenic; and her husband, Mr Hutchinson being afflicted with an ague, and wishing for something warm to drink, she put some arsenic in ale, of which he drank very plentifully; and then she left him, saying she would go and buy something for his dinner. The poison's effects were fatal, for he died about dinner-time on the same day.
The young widow was taken into custody the same day, on suspicion of having committed a murder. The body of the deceased being now taken up, the coroner's jury was summoned, and the verdict they gave was that John Hutchinson had died by poison: on which the woman was committed to the jail at Ely. She had counsel to plead for her on the trial; but, the evidence against her being such as satisfied the jury, she was convicted, and ordered for execution.
She purchased a quantity of arsenic; and her husband, Mr Hutchinson being afflicted with an ague, and wishing for something warm to drink, she put some arsenic in ale, of which he drank very plentifully; and then she left him, saying she would go and buy something for his dinner. The poison's effects were fatal, for he died about dinner-time on the same day.
The young widow was taken into custody the same day, on suspicion of having committed a murder. The body of the deceased being now taken up, the coroner's jury was summoned, and the verdict they gave was that John Hutchinson had died by poison: on which the woman was committed to the jail at Ely. She had counsel to plead for her on the trial; but, the evidence against her being such as satisfied the jury, she was convicted, and ordered for execution.
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