Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1892-10-01 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

PRISONER.  George Cooper again appeared Oel'oro the Court of Criminal Enquiry at Douglas to-day charged with the murder of his wife.—Mr Ring, counsel for prisoner, said prisoner would himself gi‘e rei• den e.—Cooper then stood up in the dock, and speak.ng in :ow tones said He and Lis wife went to tie Isle of Man on September 2nd. They occuu seri a private cabin. They were together • enrol deal during the pa ease, and there was no dispute of any deecr ption. Hilt wife suffered a great deal from sea sickness. n arriving at the lteoeut Hotel his wife was still unwell, and they went to bed at nine o'clock. He tCoopert went down stairs one thole; the night at his wife's request to gs.'t her some champagne, as she was very but being unable to ob:aiu champagne iie took ber soda-water. She had no breakfast. and at ten o'clock witness, after seeing she had a glees of champagne,went out, returning shortly aUerwards. He went upstairs again, and his wim was s:ill in bed. He asked her to go with hie to Snlby, where his father had a houte. She replied that she had nothing to go in and that witness would not car.- u.s went in rags. This remark irrit, tU uun, and they qnarrelled, and whilst they were quarrelling he picked up a penknife, which was on the dressingtable, to pare his nails. Tilers was not the slightest other purpose in his mind. There was afterwards a lull, and he sat on Oil bed and asked her if eh* would have some breakfast.. She refused to have any, and witness pouted out that she had token nothing but champagne and brandy since they starosi for Douglas. She replied, "Call me a drunkard, then. ' Other passionate words followed on both sides, snit his wife gave him a stinging blow in the race. He struck back again. not noticing the knife which he still held in hie hand. She gave a alight scream and said, "George, you have out me." sifter this she said no more, but he noticed that she wiis bleeding, and lifted her towards the waslistan te bathe the wound. Think ug she had fa ute be taid her on the floor, and removed her nigi.t dress in order to be better alile to bathe her. lie beard knocking at the door, bto was too low dere,' to remember whether there was • pre: Las knocking. He was positive the door was not locked before the injury was inliicteed. He looked it after he took his wine out of bed for fear anyone might come in and Cud her undressed. When the hotel proprietor atom in he asid Mns Cooper was dead, but he (Cooper) could herd* credit it until the doctor said so. Cross-examined: He may have spoken to her sharply about getting out of bed, but not offen Ore ,y, believing her statement that she had not oot over her sea sickness. There was tioV.itig to justify her remark about the clothes, as she always had the beet of every:hiss. He was too upset to ascertain the exact rature of the wound, an', only knew enough to try and bring his wife round. lie did not call for as ...st• mod, thinking lie could do as well as helf-a-do en people. The blood did not alarm him, because .114 had seen her bring up blood, lie had ben given to drink, and had struck his yule while he was in liquor but never when sobvi-, , He knew a Mrs Hunt who was once in their employ. —Prisoner's counsel here interposed, s.l'; ng this mat er was not relevant. 'rimy knew there were divert:pp proceedings, mid Mr Hunt had serve,' a writ on the prisoner.—The Attorueyo reneral asked Cooper when he last saw Mrs 1.1.-no but he declined to answer, and the Juige upheld the contention of his coonsel that the witness could not be asked tOeue questions in any other time the disorce salon. —Prisoner, replying to • juryman, said the conversation on the morning of the tragedy lied nothing to do with Mrs Hunt—Tots conchool prisoner's examination, and the Court ad,ournol for lunch —Those nie ical men who were cited for the defence said the prisoner's statement as to how the wound was caused was reasonable, and one of those witnesses said it was almost certain that the wound must have been pro! (faced in the manner described by prisonor.