A genuine account of the most horrid parricide committed by Mary Blandy, spinster, upon the body of her father Francis Blandy ... : Together with the copy of a letter she had wrote to Mr. C-n ... and her confession before the magistrate. Also a copy of her commitment to Oxford Gaol ... / Published by some of the friends and relations of the family.

Date:
1751
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Credit: A genuine account of the most horrid parricide committed by Mary Blandy, spinster, upon the body of her father Francis Blandy ... : Together with the copy of a letter she had wrote to Mr. C-n ... and her confession before the magistrate. Also a copy of her commitment to Oxford Gaol ... / Published by some of the friends and relations of the family. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    near the Stomach, there was much extra- vafated Blood ; the Liver was likewife fphacelated, in thofe Parts particularly which were contiguous to the Stomach ; the Bile was of a very deep yellow ; in the Gall Bladder was found a Stone about the Size of a large Filbert *, the Lungs were covered in every Point with Black Spots ; the Kidneys, Spleen and Heart were like¬ wife greatly fpotted •, there was found no •Water in the Pericardium ; in fhort, he never found or beheld a Body in which the Yifcera were lb univerfally inflamed and mortified. ‘7 aken on Oath, the r ^th Day of Augufiy 1751, before me EDW. NICHOLAS. RICHARD MILES. • , K t The Depofition and Examination of A. .Ad¬ dington and William Lewis, 'D&ffofi of Phyfick, taken on their refpeftive Oaths, the 10th Day of Augufi 17^1, before me RICHARD MILES, Mayor and Coroner. rjlHE Fat on the Abdomen was ob- JL ferved to be near a State of Flui¬ dity. The Mufcles and Membranes were ex¬ tremely pale. The Omentum was preternaturally yel¬ low, and that Part which covered the Sto¬ mach was browniffi. The external Part of the Stomach was extremely difeoioured with livid Spots; the internal Part was extremely inflamed, and covered almoft intirely with extrava- fated Blood. The Inteftines were very pale and flabby, and in thole Parts efpecially, which were near the Stomach, there was much extra- vVated Blood. The Liver was likewife fphacelated, in thofe Farts particularly which were con¬ tiguous to the Stomach. The Bile was of a very deep yellow ; bout the Size of a large f ilbert. The Lungs were covered in every Point with black Spots. The Kidneys, Spleen and Heart were likewife greatly fpotted ; there was found no Water in the Pericardium. In fliort, we never beheld a Body in wffiich the Vifcera were fo univerfally in¬ flamed and mortified. It is our real Opinion, that the Caufe of Mr. Blandy’s Death was Poifon. A. ADDINGTON. W. LEWIS. A Jury being fummoned by Richard Miles, Gent. Mayor and Coroner, to fit on the Body of the Deoeafed Mr. Blandy, which con filled of Men of good Reputa¬ tion'and Credit within the Corporation of HenLy, on the.Evidence contained in the Affidavits before-mentioned, brought in their■ Verdidt,. That Mr. Francis Blandy was poiloned, as will appear more property by the following Inquifitiom Town of Henley upon O To Wit. An Inquifltion Thames, zn the Coun-indented, taken at the ,y ./Oxford. SHoufg of jQhn Ga|e> within the Town of Henley upon Thames aforefaid, the 15th Day of Augufi, in the ifth Tear of the Reign of King George the Second, and in the Tear of our Lord 1751. BEfore Richard Miles, Gentleman, Mayor and Coroner of the laid Town, upon View of the Body of Francis Blan¬ dy, Gentleman, deceafed, now lying dead, upon the Oaths of James Fifher, William Toovey, Benjamin Sarney, Peter Sarney, William Norman, Richard Beach, L. Ni¬ cholas, Thomas Mafon, Tho. Staverton, John Blackman, J. Skinner, James Lamb- den, and Richard Fifher, good and law¬ ful Men of the faid Town, who having: been fworn and charged to enquire for our Sovereign Lord the King, wLn. where, and by what Means and after what Fafhion