CHILD MURDER CHARGE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18347, 13 March 1923, Page 9

CHILD MURDER CHARGE.

l CA SE AGAINST COOPERS. fCASE AGAINST COOPERS. \ FOUR MISSING INFANTS. EVIDENCE ALMOST ENDED. • "' TBI TKLBOBArH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] 1 v WELLINGTON. Monday. '''"'' After » small amount of evidence this corning the hearing of the charges of I , order against Daniel Richard Cooper * i his wife. Martha Elisabeth Cooper, in "Lection with the finding of the dead |\. of a child at Newlajids on Januaryiswas adjourned till tomorrow morning. i..n evidence which will occupy about i Zminute* will be hoard This will - mnlete the evidence on the charge of W This morning's evidence, before Mr. E. vJt gM ( concerned the police mdies after the reported disappearance Tlrene Beadle's second child. Evidence C diven to show that the adoption of US child was not registered in WellingJ n or Palmerston North under the name «f Beadle. • i , a 01 Detective McLenuan said he su.w the la accused at the detectives' office in the rtsence of his solicitor. He then informed ff accused of the birth of the child, and id the child was last in his possession 1 Joonsonville, and asked if accused had Anything to say. The same day the wit- *. s» w the female reused and asked for information. Each replied, " I have nothing to >'-" Late in January a written demand for the child was delivre( to » c accused, and production was required within two days. J>t*ctive Jarrold corroborated the evidence of the previous witness. He added that Cooper said it was impossible for him to produce the children while "he was in custody. Witness offered to do anything to locate the children. Senior-Petective Lewis gave information on the linos of the previous evidence in the tester child case, and this was taken without; being given in full, the evidence being noted as repeated. 'At this stage, Mr. Macassey asked for an adjournment to enable him to produce evidence to show that the adoption of the Mcond Beadle child had not been registered under the name of Cooper. This course was adopted, arid the hearing of the final evidence will take place to-mor-row morning. The accused were then jointly charged in connection with the alleged unlawful detention of four children. The informations were amended to read: " On January 29, 1923." this being the date upon > which written demands served by the l'-' police for the production of the children (police for the production of the children expired. ; The infanta who are the subject of the charges were: (1) The male child of Hugo Lupi and Lily Lester; (2) the male child of Beatrice Irene Beadle; (3) the female child of Margaret Mary McLeod and William James Welsh; and (4) the child of Beatrice Irene Beadle. The prosecution in these cases was conducted by Ssnior-Detective Lewis and the same counsel appeared as previously. All witnesses wore in turn called and after being resworn they listened while the depositions were read over to them, and these they again signed.