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| Susan Ellen EDWARDS (1868 - 1874) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
| Susan Ellen EDWARDS (1868 - 1874) | Robert Mark EDWARDS (1835 - 1907) | Robert EDWARDS (1815 - 1857) | Edward EDWARDS | |
| Catherine (EDWARDS) | ||||
| Ellen MCEVOY ( - 1870) | ||||
| Jane BAILEY (1839 - 1934) | George BAILEY | |||
| Mary A PORTER | ||||
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| b. 1868 at Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 16 Dec 1874 at Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia aged 6 |
| Cause of Death: |
| accidentally shot |
| Parents: |
| Robert Mark EDWARDS (1835 - 1907) |
| Jane BAILEY (1839 - 1934) |
| Events in Susan Ellen EDWARDS (1868 - 1874)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 1868 | Susan Ellen EDWARDS was born | Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| 16 Dec 1874 | 6 | Susan Ellen EDWARDS died | Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia | 7559/1874 | |
| Personal Notes: |
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Queanbeyan Age 14 Apr 1875
MANSLAUGHTER AT GUNDAROO Charlotte Case was indicted for that she did on the 15th February last, at Lee's camp Gundaroo, feloniously kill and slay Susan Ellen Eiwards. The accused pleaded not guilty, and was defended by Mr Gannon. The Crown Prosecutor opened the case. Senior constable Walmsley deposed : I arrested prisoner on a charge of willful murder on 25th February. I had previously arrested her on the same charge on the same charge on 16th December. On the first occasion she said young Bob Edwards was a fool and should not be entrusted with a gun. She said she did not mean to do it. If young Bob said he told her the gun was loaded he told a lie. I said that if she had come to the lock-up and given herself up, it would have looked much better. Jane Edwards deposed : I know the prisoner Charlotte Case. She entered my servioe on the 7th December She is turned 18 years of age. My son left the gun on the bed. He said in presence of prisoner that the gun was loaded. After dinner Robert went for a hide which he brought from an out house. He laid it down at the door and I went for the gun. I told him not to mind the gun. He then told Charlotte not to touch the gun as it was loaded. She said all right. The prisoner was in the house and deceased was playing before the house about 5 o'clock. She returned to the shed, and shortly afterwards I heard a gun go off from the direction of the house. I then went to the house quickly. I saw the deceased in Charlotte's arms in a dying state. I saw a wound in the left check, about the size of a shilling. She was in a dying state. I saw the marks of black powder on her face. I asked Charlotte what in the name of goodness had made her do that. My little son had told me at the door that Charlotte had shot Sasan Ellen. I told one of my daughters to tell Charlotte to leave. The child lived for about live minutes after I returned. She did not speak at all. By Mr Gannon: I was examined at the inquest, and also at the police office two months after. Robert Edwards corroborated the evidence of Jane Edwards. When we heard the report of the gun I went in. I noticed the gun had been fired off. When I left the gun on the bed the hammer was down on the cap. By Mr Gannon: when I told Charlotte to mind the gun, Mary Ellen could hear as well the rest. Mary Ann Edwards deposed: I recollect the 16th December; my brother Robert was there that morning. He was shooting parots. When Robert was going out after dinner, he said, "Mind, Charlotte, the gun is loaded." In answer to the Crown Proascutor, the witness said the reason she said at the inquest that she did not know the gun was loaded, and that prisoner did not know it was loaded, was because the coroner was so cross and said she was going too hard against the girl. Dr A. Morton coroner, deposed : The deposition of Mary Ann Edwards was read over to her before sihe signed it; I put the necessary questions to her in presence of the jury. By the Crown Proseoutor: I did not tell the jury she was too hard upon the prisoner; I said I thought the boy was rather severe. Mr Gannon addressed thle jury on behalf of the accused. His honour summed up. He said the case, was a very simuple one. They would first have to consider whether the accused presented the gun at the deceased, and secondly, whether she fired at and shot the deceased. They would have no difficulty in solving these questions, as it was not denied by the defence that the prisoner did kill the child. The defence was that the death was the result of accident. She would tell them as a matter of law that if the, prisoner negligently pointed the gun at tile little girl and killed her, whether she did or did not know that the gun was loaded, she was guilty of manslaughter. If she presented the gun at the deceased, knowing it was loaded, and killed her, sile was guilty of murder. The accused was not charged with murder. Alluding to the evidence of Mary Ann Edwards, his Honour said he did not consider it reliable, but that was a question for the jury. The jury found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter, but strongly recommended her to mercy on the ground that the jury had a firm conviction that she did not know the gun was loaded. Sentence--Twelve months in Goulburn gaol. |
| Source References: |
| 18. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: e-mails general pool, Title: e-mails general pool |
| - Reference = Mike Oldfield 28 Niv 2018 (Name, Notes) |
| - Notes: I am a descendant of the Edwards and Baileys from Gundaroo. You have these surnames on your site. You have a listing of Susan Ellen EDWARDS (1868-1874). Susan was accidentally shot and killed by her nurse Charlotte CASE in 1874 at Gundaroo. You have Charlotte CASE on your site as well. Numerous newspaper articles in 1874 detail this tragic event – TROVE digital newspapers. I have attached an article from the Goulburn Herald and Chronical 10 Apr 1875 detailing that Charlotte CASE was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 12 months gaol Goulburn – article commences on page 2, title ‘Manslaughter at Gundaroo’.
State Archives search details for Charlotte CASE gives reference that she was sentenced to 12 months’ hard labour in Goulburn Gaol as follows: https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/searchhits_nocopy?id=86&Surname=case&Firstname=charlotte&Alias=&Offence=&Where_Tried=&Date_of_Trial= |