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Charge of False Pretences - Charles Jackson Campbell

Charles Jackson Campbell was charged with having falsely pretended to John Eggleston, of Molong, NSW, that he had one ton weight of galvanised iron and that he made a willfully false promise that if Eggleston would pay him 15 pound he would send the Galvanised iron to Geggleston at Molong; and by means of such false pretence and partly by means of the false promise he obtained from Eggleston the sum of 15 pounds. A second count charged the accused with falsely pretending to Eggleston that he had 36 rolls of rabbit-proof wire netting, which he promised on payment of 20 pounds 18 shillings to send to Eggleston, by means of which false pretence and promise he obtained the sum of 20 pounds. Accused pleaded not guilty, he gave evidence on his own behalf that he had no dishonest intention, He had intended to send the goods contracted for, but had not been given time to carry it out before he was arrested (he was in gaol at Darlinghurst serving a previous sentence). The Jury convicted prisoner, who was sentenced to imprisonment for 12 months and one day in Bathurst Gaol with hard labour.

This article was published in The Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper, Friday 30th November 1906, page 4.

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