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Show Lr. Spinney. At 10 o'el.iet yesterday murninji tbe cross-examination of Mrs. Todd wm continued and shortly after concluded. con-cluded. Though severely and rigidly examined, there appeared no variations varia-tions from ber story as first narrated, save iu a detail of minor points. Dr. Fowler w-ts then called to the stand. He was the physician to whom Mrs. Todd had applied lor medical treatment; treat-ment; aud corroborated her atory in regard to her being affected with a disease. He was also examined as a medic.il expert. Dr. J. M. Benedictj was tbe next witness, who testified as I an expert in regard to the eflects and I results of abortions. In the afternoon Mr. Jos. Todd, the lady witness' husband, testified regarding re-garding their marriage, and was cross-examined, but nothing new elicited. Drs. D. Benedict and Hamilton Ham-ilton were then examined as medical experts, their testimony being sub stanlially the same as that of the doctors first examined, with but alight variation. Mrs. Towneend, tbe mother of Mrs. Todd's first husband, was then called. She testified that about tbe time of the alleged abortion, abor-tion, Mrs. Todd was residing at her house and was enciente; and that Mrs. Todd bad attempsed abortion on her-ael.lwhile her-ael.lwhile living with her. This Mrs. Todd confessed to Mrs. Townsend, who had, on one occasion, discovered ber to be very ill from the efiects of the attempt, Tbe last witness called last evening was one Mr. Morganaon, in whose shop Mr. Todd labors. Ha testified that on the morning after the arrest of Dr. Spinney, he had inquired in-quired of Mr. Todd why the arrest , had been made. Among other things Todd is alleged to have intimated that he would make some money out of Dr. Spinney and punish him too. In the examination of Todd he said he did not remember having any conversation with anyone about the matter, and Mr. Morganaon waa called by the defense in rebuttal of this assertion. The hearing was then adjourned till this morning at 9.30 o'clock; when two or three more witnesses are to be examined for the defense. |