The genuine tryal at large of Mary Blandy, spinster, for poisoning her late father Francis Blandy : at the Assizes held at Oxford, for the county of Oxford, on Tuesday the third of March, 1752.

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1752
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Credit: The genuine tryal at large of Mary Blandy, spinster, for poisoning her late father Francis Blandy : at the Assizes held at Oxford, for the county of Oxford, on Tuesday the third of March, 1752. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    mere ; fo you do hut forgive me IJhall he happy. To which Mr. BJandy repiy’d, 1 do forgive thee, but thou Jhoulft'jl have remembred I am your Father, but for that Villain Cranfton, if thou had!ft loved me, thou would'ft curfe him and the Ground he walks upon. Upon this Mifs faid, Oh jSir! your Kindnefs to me ftrikes Daggers to my Soul *, Sir, l muft down on my Knees mid pray that you will not curfe me *, he repiy’d, I curfe thee! no Child I blefs thee, and hope God will blefs thee, and lpray thou may ft live to repent and amend.-Leave me leaft thou Jhouldft fay fomething to thy Prejudice •, go to thy Uncle Stevens, he will take Care of thee alafs, poor Man, I am forry for him. Mils then declared •fhe was innocent of his lllnefs, when this Witnefs repiy’d, fhe was atraid fhe was not quite innocent, and that fome of the Powder was in fuch Hands as would appear againft her. King's Council. Did you never hear any Stories about Mufick or Apparitions in the Houfe Gunnell. Yes, I have heard Mifs Blandy fay (he had heard Mufick in the .Houfe, and that the Captain had feen an Apparition. King's Council. Did you ever hear your Milk els fay how long her Father would Jive ? *• Gunnell. I have heard Mifs fay, that tthofe Tokens were Signs of Death in the Family, ands that fhe or her Father would quickly die but fhe believ’d it was for her Father, lor Mr. Cranfton .had been with an old Woman in Scotland who had told the Captain he could not ;live till Odicber. King's Council. Pray did you ever hear the Prifone r .peak . di’fr efpedtful ly of. her Father. Gunnell. Y es, once wi aen f dr, Bian dy had been angry v vith ner aboi it Capt.a n ■Cranfton, fie fa f lip ■ ?; n ^ W' if s an old Rdfct. ih and a Villain, but V ? d u 7J i Cy U & oft he 9 ) Encumbrance Jhortly, and then fhe would go and live in Scotland with Lady Cranfton. Crofs Examination. Prif. Coun. Did not Mifs Blandy be¬ have with the clue Refpedt that might be expedted from a Daughter during her Fa¬ ther’s lllnels ? and was fie not willing for him to have Advice and Affiftance ? Gunnell. She behav’d differently at different Times ; at fometimes with great Refpebt, and at others call’d him Names. Prif. Coun. But pray, I would ask you upon your Oath whether the Pri- foner was or was not, a dutiful Daugh¬ ter, fave at fuch Times as Words in the Family might arife ? Gunnell. She appeared to be fo, ex¬ cept at fuch Times as my Matter had been chiding her about Mr. Cranfton. King's Council. Pray did not you drink a Difh of Tea that difordered you. Gunnell. I poured out a Difh of Tea that was in the Pot, and drank it, I thought it tafted a little oddly and I thought fomebody had been taking Salts out of the Difh, and had npt rinced rt afterwards. A little after I had drank it, I found myfelf very much difordered with vomitting and purging, and a great Drought, but I grew better in a Day or two, nor had I any fufpicion that there had been any Poifon in the Cup. King's Council Do you recollebt that one Emmet a Walker-woman had been ill with drinking any Tea or Water Gruel; and tell the Court how it was. Gunnell. Ann Emmet fometime before my Mailer’s lafl lllnefs, (the Time fhe could not recollect) had drank a Difh of Tea that was poured out for her Matter, who had left it ; that foon afterwards Emmet was taken very ill with a violent Vomiting and Purging, and Griping and great Thirft •, that Mifs being informed • of