CRESPY’S TRIAL.
PLAGUE ON THAT WOMAN. SCENES IN THE COURT. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] (Received 8 a.m.) Paris, August 6. There were several exchangee of fierce words between counsel for the defence and for the prosecution and between Creepy and the witnesses. Abbe Lichaud gave evidence that for over a year deceased was weary of the liaison. One day he said : “How that woman plagues me!” 'He feared lie would do himself mischief.
Crespy’s dressmaker described accused as hysterical, crazy and jealous. Crespy told her nothing like the sensational love crime suggested. A fierce dialogue ensued between accused and witness. Crespy broke down when her former poet lover declared her incapable of committing a crime. The police frequently intervened to suppress the disorder in the Court.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 81, 9 August 1913, Page 5
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