WRONGED MAN.
SUFFERED FOR HIS WIFE. FAMOUS CASE RECALLED. BY CABLE —PREBS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT LONDON, Aug. 19. A famous case is recalled by the death from a revolver wound at the Sheffield barracks of Cecil Aylmer Cameron. ’ Cameron, in 1911, was sentenced at Edinburgh to three years’ imprisonment for defrauding Lloyd’s Insurance Company by claiming £6OOO as compensation for the loss of his wife’s pearl necklace. Cameron refused to give evidence and served the sentence. On his release he joined the army in France and showed wonderful gallantry. In 1917 the King granted Cameron a full pardon and restored his rank.
After his release from prison a petition, asking for a re-trial, was signed by five dukes, twenty Privy Councillors, and 126 generals. It transpired that Cameron acted innocently, his wife, when dangerously ill, confessing that she alone was guilty. Cameron maintained silence in order to protect her. & VERDICT OF SUICIDE. Received Aug. 21, 10.45 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 20. At the inquest on Cameron a verdict of suicide was recorded. The coroner decided not to disclose to the jury the contents of two notes written by deceased because publication would grieve others. A brother gave evidence that deceased was faced with financial • difficulties.—Sydney Sun Cables. '
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 21 August 1924, Page 5
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