CRIPPEN AND LENEVE
CAMDEN-ROAD MURDER. TRIAL BEGUN. " EVIDENCE BY A FRIEND OF' " MRS. CRIPPEN. ,By Telegraph.— Press Association. — Copyright. (Received October 19, 10 a.m.) LONDON, 18th October. The trial of Hawley Crippen and Ethel Leneve, the former charged with having murdered his wife at Camdenroad and the latter with being an accessory after thi> fact, began to-day, before the Lord Chief Justice of England (Lord Alverstone) and a jury. Mr. R. D. Muir, K.C., leads for the Crown, Mr. A. Tobin, K.C., represents Crippen, and Mr. F. E. Smith, K.C., appears for Leneve. There were 4000 applications for the 100 seats available. A system of halfday tickets was inaugurated. The court was crowded. Crippen, in a firm tone, pleaded notguilty. Mr. Muir, in opening the case for the prosecution, explained that Crippen had not cohabited with his wife for four years, but had carried on an intrigue with Leneve for three years. Bruce Miller, with whom Crippen had stated his wife had eloped, gave evidence that he had^not seen Mrs. Crippen since 1904. He admitted that they had been affectionate friends, but denied an improper relationship. [The witness Miller is now a resident of Chicago. He-accepted the invitation of the police to -go over to England to give evidence.]
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Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 95, 19 October 1910, Page 7
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