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Show ARRAIGNMENT OF PORTER CHARLTON New York.. June 2S. With Hie arraignment ar-raignment today of Poner Charlton on the charge of murdering his wife In Italy , the case agalust the former bank clerk reaches a stage which is expected tp result in definite progress towards Its deposit. on. Although the International aspect of the cage Is still Involved In many intricacies, in-tricacies, the preliminary court action places the matter In shape where It can bettor be handled by diplomatic agencies. Copies or the Italian evidence of the crime are In the hands of Gustavo LlRo8a. the Italian consular representative represen-tative In New York. It was said also before the proceedings opened before Judge Blair, In Jersey City, that the Jersey authorities also had a copy of a dispatch sent by the Marquis Paolo DlMrntcgllarl, charge d afialres at the Italian embassy in Washington, to Secretary of State Knox on the day of Chariton's arrctt, requesting the young mau's extradition. In reply, the Marquis was stated to have received a note from Secretary Secre-tary Knox In which it was Intimated that If Charlton was given up. Italy would hereafter lo expected to consent con-sent to the extradition of Italians who commit serious crimes in America and flee to Italy. The further exchanges reported In this connection were said to hove resulted re-sulted in a declination on the part of the Italian government to commit itself to any such proposition on the ground that an Italian penal code provision pro-vision of u later date than the extradition extra-dition treaty 'with the United States provided that no Italian subject accused ac-cused of crime should bo tried outside out-side of hU own country. Italy was said to have mode no replj to the state department's rejoinder that an International treaty should take precedence prece-dence over a national low. |