John Henry Beddings, a chemist carrying on business in Newton Abbot, was fined yesterday by the Newton Abbot Magistrates 40s for selling prussic acid to a lady, and neglecting to secure her signature for the same. On the 9th inst. Mrs. Jane Pinsent, a married lady, applied to the defendant and obtained the poison in question, alleging she was going to poison a dog, but, instead of doing so, poisoned herself.
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GRO0470 Devonport: Jane Pinsent: 1847 – 1884