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"In most criminal charges, the evidence of the corpus delicti is separable from that which applies to the indication of the offender; but in cases of poisoning, it is often impossible to obtain conclusive evidence of the corpus delicti, irrespectively of the explanatory evidence or moral conduct: and Mr. Justice Buller, in Donnellan's case told the Jury that:
If there was a doubt upon the evidence of the physical witnesses, they must take into their consideration all the other circumstances, either to show that there was some poison administered, or that there was not, and that every part of the prisoner's conduct was material to be considered" (Vide page 376 of Wills).