The Warwickshire Herald. — 1896-01-09 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

TRAGEDY.  -- -At the North London Police--court, on Friday before Mr. Haden Corset, Alfred Chipperfteld, 2E, clerk. was charged on a coroner's warrant wit). "wilfully and feloniously murdering Maria Clarke. alias Clupperfleld, by cutting her throat with a rum in a four-wheeled cab at Essex-road, on Deoembet 18%, 1395." The prisoner was further charged with attempting to co:nmit suicide.—The prisoner, whose throat was still bandaged, appeared to have recovered considerably from the effects of his own injuries, his pale and delicate appearance being said to be his normal state. He was discharged from St. Bartholomew's Hce pital that morning, and arrested and charged.—Mr. Freke Palmer, solicitor, defended.—Detective-inspector Nearn deposed that present, on December 21st' at an inquest held by Dr. Danford Thomas on the body of Maria Clarke, o herwise Chipperfield, whose throat was cut in cab at Essex-road, Islington. A verdict of wilful murder was returned agiinst the prisoner, Alfred Chippertield. Subsequently the coroner's wartant was handed to him for execution; and at S'. Bartholomew's Hospital he saw the prisoner. H. read the coroner's warrant to him, and then form of the charge. Prisoner riplied: "I don', know anything about it. I would not do such a thing. I don't remember anything of the occurrence."—Mr. Palmer said the coroner's verdict ouvht not to be allowed on the deposit i ais, as the prisoner was not present when the evidence was given at the inquest, and th'e coroner's jury's verdict had nothing whatever to do with the police magistrate.—Mr. Haden Corner replied: You sic quite right, Mr. Palmer. The inspec or acre ted th•prisoner in consequence of inforeation received. Mr. Haden Corser, saying this would le sufficieet evi ence to justify a remand, decided to take nd further evidence then, and prisoner was remandeo.  THE NEW MATRIMONIAL ACT On Friday, at Worship-street, London, Pulverness, a cabinet-maker, of Sp,talfielde, RIO summoned by his wife Miriam for maintenance, an,. Mr. Busliby made the first order under the new Ac which came into force only two daya ago.—l I e summons had been taken out some months ago, ,in the woman proved that she had been left by her husband for the past two years, though he had occasionally visited bar and given her money. She, however, alleged that she had not sufficient for maintenance, he, moreover, supporting another woman.—Mr Bushby considered that this 'came within the scope of the new Act, and that the woman was enzitled to an order not merely for a sufficient maintenance but of judicial separation, so that she should be no longer bound to return to or cohabit with her husband.—The defence set up waan exceptional one, i.e., that the woman was not legally the wife of the man. The parties are Russian Jews, and the case for the woman was that the marriage was celebrated by a R ,bbi at the town of Ritz, Russian Pol,nd, 18 years ago. The woman had had eight children by the nan, and it was Rai that they were all registered as legitima,e.—Mr. Morris, for the defence, said he had tried to get a search of the marriage re:l-try of Biltz, but failed. —Mr. Buahby made an order for separation on the ground of desertion, and fixed the weekly payment at 30s.