Death 30500/1948 CHATFIELD, EMMA GRACE Parents CHARLES & JANE Died at DUBBO
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Wellington Times (NSW : Monday 22 June 1931)
POSSESSION OF TENEMENT
ames Johnson proceeded against Emma G. Cnatfield for possession of a house in Samuel Street., Mr. W. P. Kelly appeared for the complainant. Mrs. Chatfield said that they had made a mistake in proceeding against her, as it should have been against the 'boss', as he was the bread winner and head of the family. James Johnson, labourer, of Apsley, stated that he knew Mrs. Louisa M. Moore, a widow, of Dubbo; she was the owner of houses and premises in Samuel Street, Wellington. He was the agent, and had been acting for 12 months. He had the letting and collection of rents. On 18th August he rented the house to Mrs. Chatfield at 5/- per week. She took the key. He never made any arrangements with her husband, and never knew she had one. He gave her notice to quit on the 16th March, signed by Mrs. Moore, and defendant admitted she received a copy of same. The defendant is still in possession of the place. The condition of the premises is very bad, much worse, than when she took possession. By Mrs. Chatfield: Mrs. Johnson gave the house to her in the presence of witness. Mrs. Chatfield gave her version of the transaction, but when requested to go in to the box, declined to do so. An order was made to quit by 27th inst. Court costs amounting to £1/9 were imposed, and fourteen days were allowed to pay.
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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate (NSW : Thursday 2 December 1948)
OBITUARY
MRS. E. G. CHATFIELD
The death of Mrs. E. G. Chatfield (64) of 24 Strickland Street, Dubbo, occurred at the Base Hospital on Wednesday morning. Deceased was born at Coonabarabran and married there to Sidney William Chatfield. She leaves a large grown-up family. The funeral took place to the Church of England cemetery where the grave-side service was conducted by Rev. Bro. Andrew.
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Wellington Times (NSW : Monday 14 April 1930)
Wellington Police Court.
(Before Mr. Adams, P.M.)
ALLEGED ASSAULT. When the case of Emma Grace Chatfield against Emma Stanley for unlawful assault was called on, Mr. W. P. Kelly, said he appeared for the defendant. The P.M. asked if a settlement, could be arrived at, and Mr. Kelly said he would endeavour to arrange this. The Court was adjourned for ten minutes, and Mr. Kelly then announced that the parties had come to an agreement, and it was settled. The P.M. congratulated the parties on arriving at such an understanding.
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Wellington Times (NSW : Thursday 20 December 1934)
Cross Summons Case.
Emma Grace Chatfield proceeded against Rose Bartley for unlawful assault, and Rose in turn proceeded against Grace for insulting language. Both cases were heard together. Mr. F. Davidson (Messrs Quirk and Davidson) appeared for Mrs. CHATFIELD, and Mr. L. O'Neil (Messrs W. P. Kelly and Son) appeared for Rose Bartley. This was another case in which the Police Magistrate endeavoured to hold out the alive branch, but the delinquents desired to see it fought out to a finish. Mrs. Emma Grace CHATFIELD, a married woman, of Bushranger's Creek, Wellington, said that on the 9th instant, she was out on the Common, with her son and his wife, and her own husband, to do some horse trading. She was about 50 yards from Mrs. Bell's house. She was speaking to Mr. Carr, a general conversation, when defendant walk- ed up and said, "Are you as good a woman now as you were yesterday." Defendant said, "Why?" Defendant came up on her blind side — she was blind in one eye, and struck her on the sid of her blind eye. She hung on to Mr. Carr, and called her husband. She was bleeding from nose and mouth, and her handkerchief was saturated with blood. Defendant made three attempts to strike her. On the day previous she saw defendant in Percy Street, on the Park corner. Witness passed her and said to her, "You had little to do to give Harold in charge, as his business had little to do with wit- ness or her." Defendant said, "This what Mrs. Powyer should do to you for walking, around with her husband, and if she ran round with her husband, she would give her more than a kicking. She did not use the language complained of. She went to Dr. Black on the Tuesday.
The bleeding, did not stop until Thursday. She lost a great quantity of blood. By Mr. O'Neil: She knew what Mrs. Bartley meant when she spoke to her at the Common. She did not use bad language. Mrs. Bell was about when the assault took place. Witness was struck when she went to turn her head. Witness' son wanted to pull his coat off to fight her assailant. At the Park corner, she had her son's wife with her, and witness enumerated a number of people who were there. She did not swear when she was struck. There was no provocation. Catherine Patricia CHATFIELD, wife of Harold CHATFIELD, stated she was in Percy Street on the day in ques- tion with her mother in-law. She gave similar evidence as the pre- vious witness in regard to what took place at the corner. Witness said she was with her husband, who wanted to sell a horse, and witness described exactly what took place as stated by the previous witness. She heard Mrs. Chatfield call Mrs. Barkley a coward. By Mr. O'Neil: She never remem- bered Rose and Mrs. Chatfield having had a previous quarrel at Bushran- ger's Cieek, and denied having heard Mrs. Chatfield use the words com- plained of. Mrs. Bell was a long way away. Her mother-in-law did not do any swearing. Sydney William CHATFIELD, labourer, gave his version of what took place on the Common, on the date of the alleged assault. Mrs. Bartley walked out of the crowd, and after certain questions, his wife was struck on the temple. Witness caught hold of her and took her over to the other women. The blood was coming from his wife's nose and she was also spitting blood. Mrs. Matilda Bell was also present. By Mr. O'Neil: There was no other squabble afterwards. One of his sons were there, and took his coat off. Witness did not hear his son say, "have a go at me." After his wife was struck, she did not continue using bad language. There was a crowd of people present at the time. Rose Bartley said that on the Saturday afternoon there was a crowd of people present, when Mrs. Chatfield came along and called her a certain name. She was disgusted, at the names, and said she would see her to-morrow at any time, and witness said she would see her at the Mission. Mr. Chatfield had called her certain names at Bushranger's Creek on the Saturday morning. Witness walked up to Mrs. CHATFIELD, and asked if she was as good as she was the previous day. Mrs. Chatfield said "Yes", and put up her hands, and witness struck her in the face. Mrs. Chatfield's son said if witness hit his mother he would hit her. They were all to gether and there was a ring. By Mr. Davidson: Mrs. Chatfield said she would see her in the morning, and put up her hands. Some of the people were playing "two-up". Mrs. Bell came up after she struck Mrs. Chatfield with her open hands. Witness saw her hang on to Mr. Carr, and Mrs. Chatfield called her certain names, and spoke in a loud and angry tone. She did not see her bleeding, as she walked away. She was at the Mission a couple of hours before the fight took place. She did not know Mrs. Chatfield was blind. Witness did not give Mrs. Chatfield's son in charge, but told the police about him. By Mr. O'Neil: Mr. Chatfield had been there for a good while, and was in the ring. Matilda Bell, a married woman, related what took place. Mrs. Chatfield was standing about 10 yards from the ring. Rose Bartley asked Mrs. Chatfield if she was as good a woman as she was yesterday, when she asked her a certain question. Rose Bartley then struck Mrs. Chatfield on the chest, and side of face, and Mrs. Chatfield said that "That black --- nearly knocked me out." By Mr. Davidson; The bleeding was nothing out of the way. She heard that the women were going to settle it. She did not expect any one would want to miss a "brawl up" with women. Mrs. Chatfield was talking to Mr. Carr, and Rose went straight up to Mrs. Chatfield. Witness would not say that Rose put in a "king" hit. Witness said she had paid to see worse fights than one would see out there. Witness said she put in the left and right, and Mrs. Chatfield deserved what she got after what she had said to Rose. Witness did not keep the handkerchief as a souvenir. She played for keeps. What she would call a good hit. She did not think. Rose had a good left, and the hit with the left and was not severe. By Mr. O'Neill: Rose did not sneak up to strike Mrs. Chatfield. The P.M. said that he would dismiss the case of language, and there was no doubt there was an assault, but the woman had had provocation. She was fined 10/-, 8/- costs, 10/6 doctor's expenses and £2/2/- professional costs. Three months were allowed in which to pay.
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Wellington Times (NSW : Thursday 27 January 1938)
WELLINGTON POLICE COURT
The following cases were dealt with before Mr. C. Pickup, S.M., at the local police court on Monday last: -
CASES SETTLED. Emma Grace Chatfield summoned Florence Stewart for using indecent language, and Florence Stewart returned the compliment by proceeding against Emma Grace Chatfield for using indecent language. Mr. Kelly appeared for Stewart and Mr. F. Davidson for Chatfield. When the cases were called, Mr. Kelly asked that they be heard with closed doors, and the public left, but the doors did not remain closed long, because the cases only took a few minutes, a settlement having been arrived at between the contending parties, and the cases were struck out.