CONSPIRACY CHARGE
A WOMAN’S EVIDENCE. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. COPYRIGHT.] SYDNEY, February 11. • Giving evidence in the Findlay case to-day, Madge Campbell, wife of one of the defendants, told of plans that allegedly were made tb enable her husband, William Campbell, to abscond to New Zealand. On one occasion, Detective Findlay told her to go upstairs at the Hotel Australia, as Detective James might recognise her. He also advised her not to go to the boat, as the water police might recognise her. As a matter of fact, Findlay assisted her to accompany her husband to New Zealand, where the pair later were arrested. She was discharged on bond. On one occasion she paid £3O to Findlay. Asked whether she had seen men with the Chargol mixture, Mrs Campbell said: ‘‘l could not help seeing them. They were always messing about with it. Tanser never discussed anything else but Chargol, 1 got sick of the song.” She added: “My husband had many aliases, and when he lived under another name, I adopted it.” While Mrs Campbell was being-cross-examined by her husband, exDetective Findlay made a remark, whereupon Campbell appealed to the Bench to protect him, declaring that Findlay had called him a very offensive name. Findlay interjected: “I never used that word.” adding: “Campbell is a 'far if he says I did!” The Crown Prosecutor’s assistant declared that he had heard it. The Magistrate Mr Shepherd, ordered that Findlay he charged with contempt of Court. He pleaded guilty, and was fined £2O. Mrs Campbell had not concluded her evidence when the Court adjourned.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 February 1936, Page 7
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