Edith Florence Watson

1882 - 1964  (82 years)

• Name	Edith Florence Watson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	1882	Inverell, New South Wales, Australia   [2, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	20 Jan 1915  [1, 3, 4]
  Trial	24 Aug 1927	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   [1, 3, 4]
  	Acquitted on a charge of using an instrument to abort a pregnancy
  Residence	24 Aug 1927  [7]
  Residence	24 Aug 1927
  Trial	26 Oct 1927	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   [1, 3]
  	Acquitted with two others on a charge of Conspiracy v Rex
  Residence	26 Oct 1927	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   [1, 3]
  Arrest	26 Dec 1928	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   [1, 4]
  	Arrested and charged with manslaughter of Jessie Elizabeth Barker on 3
  Residence	26 Dec 1928  [1, 3]
  Conviction	14 Jun 1929	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   [8]
  	Conviction for manslaughter of Jessie Elizabeth Baker in Dec 1928
  Criminal Record	29 Aug 1929	State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay, New South Wales, Australia
  	Criminal record number 767LB.
  Residence	1934	Clovelly, Watson, New South Wales, Australia
  Died	1964	Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia
  Person ID	I930	So Many Generations
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Samuel Nathan Watson,   b. 15 Mar 1854, Hexham, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 22 Jan 1912, Hillgrove, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Amelia Adelaide Perry,   b. 1859, Inglewood, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 14 May 1947, Glebe Point, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	1 Nov 1875	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia   [5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
  Family ID	F261	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Last Modified	21 Feb 2021
  Family ID	F9881	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Charles A Ashton,   b. Abt 1880,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1903	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2021
  Family ID	F108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S341] New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1854-1930, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2010;;). [S2] Index of NSW Births 1788-1922, Registrar of Births Deaths & Marriages, (Name: Registrar General of NSW; Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia;). [S342] New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1854-1930, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;). [S186] New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1854-1930, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). [S1] Australia, New South Wales, Registrar of Births Deaths & Marriages, Index of Births, Deaths & Marriages. Marriage date: 1944 Marriage place: Auburn, New South Wales [S669] Details: #19795 of 1882. [S186] New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1854-1930, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). Record for Edith Florence Ashton [S670] Trove, trove.nla.gov.au, (Name: National Library of Australia;), CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (1929, June 14). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved December 18, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16553817. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (Before Mr. Justice James.) Senior Crown Prosecutor, Mr. L. J. McKean, K.C. MANSLAUGHTER. Edith Florence Ashton and Wilton Beauley McKenzie were charged with having mali- ciously slain Jessie Elizabeth Baker, at Sydney on December 3. Mr Curlewis (Instructed by Mr C R Penny) appeared for Edith Ashton and Mr Owen (instructed by Messrs Ferguson and Vine Hall) for McKenzie. The case for the Crown was that Baker after visiting Ashton was admitted to the Womens Hospital in Crown-street where she died. When questioned by the police. Ashton denied having any knowledge of the woman but when introduced to her at the hospital she said Hullo Jessie." In her dying depositions the woman stated that she had gone to Ashton's place on three previous occasions. The Jury acquitted McKenzie, who was dis-charged. Mrs Ashton was convicted. Detective-Sergeant Lynch stated that Ash-ton had the reputation of being the most noted offender in the Commonwealth, and had been carrying on the business, to his knowledge, for years. She had been before the Court on several occasions for similar offences, but had been acquitted. Ashton was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. She took the sentence very calmly, and walked out of the dock with head erect and in a collected manner until she reached the door when she had to be assisted by a wardress. After sentence was pronounced a girl at the back of the Court screamed, and was carried out in a fainting condition, and the prisoner cooly turned round to look at the girl before she left the dock. [S216] Citation Text: Marriage date: 1875Marriage place: Tamworth, NewSouth Wales. [S9] Source, (Name: http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=18031271249&indiv=try;). Marriage date: 1875Marriage place: Tamworth, New South Wales [S218] Details: #4169 of 1875. [S219] Public Tree on FamilySearch - unproven personal research, FamilySearch.org, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 23 November 2018, 19:32), entry for Samuel Watson(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KCNX-2SQ); contributed by various users. PersonID KCNX-2SQ. Samuel Watson [S219] Public Tree on FamilySearch - unproven personal research, FamilySearch.org, "Samuel J Watson - Facts." Samuel J Watson - Facts. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Nov. 2018. <https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/49384627/person/28042324717/facts?indiv=try&h&db>. Samuel J Watson - Facts [S219] Public Tree on FamilySearch - unproven personal research, FamilySearch.org, "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTDY-NPP : 11 February 2018), Samuel Watson, ; citing CHRIST CHURCH, NEWCASTLE, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA; FHL microfilm 993,965. Samuel Watson, "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981"