Five cases of recovery from the effects of arsenic : with the methods so successfully employed for detecting the white metallic oxide ; in which the very delicate and satisfactory tests peculiar to Mr. Hume were principally adopted, as well as some others of a more crude nature, formerly in use ; to which are annexed many corroborating facts, never before published, relative to the guilt of Eliza Fenning / [John Marshall].

Circumstantial evidence : The extraordinary case of Eliza Fenning, who was executed in 1815, for attempting to poison the family of Orlibar Turner, by mixing arsenic in yeast dumplings. With a statement of facts, since developed tending to prove her innocence of the crime.

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Circumstantial evidence : The extraordinary case of Eliza Fenning, who was executed in 1815, for attempting to poison the family of Orlibar Turner, by mixing arsenic in yeast dumplings. With a statement of facts, since developed tending to prove her innocence of the crime.