Victoria Elizabeth MARTIN [1904]

  General Notes:

parents were John Robert Martin and Eliza Baxter. They were migrants from Swaffam in Cambridgshire who arrived in SA in 1855

children
John Robert Dieckmann 1886-1969
Henry William or William Henry Dieckmann 1892-1959
Henrietta Dieckmann 1901-1983 m Robert Hamilton in 1927

Mount Alexander Mail (Vic. : 1854 - 1917) Fri 16 May 1913 Page 2
NEWSTEAD POLICE COURT
NEWSTEAD POLICE COURT
THURSDAY, MAY 15,
(Before Mr Berriman, P.M.)
...........................
William Madden was charged with unlawfully assaulting a married woman named Victoria Elizabeth Dieckmann,
Constable Jones said in accordance with information received he arrested Madden - who was under the influence of liquor, at 10 o'clock' on Wednesday night. Mrs Dieckmann's arm had been broken below the elbow, caused by a blow with a broom handle.

Mrs Dieckmann stated that Madden was boarding with her in Hilliers street. He came home on the evening of the assault and she had tea prepared for him. Madden, who appeared to be under the influence of liquor, complained, and remarked that the contents on the table were not fit for a dog to eat, and became abusive. She ordered him
off the premises, and during his absence she removed his belongings from the house. He returned later and violently attacked witness, and subsequently struck her with a broom-handle, causing a fracture of the right arm. He was a well behaved man when sober.

Madden, who appeared to feel his position keenly, said in answer to the bench that he was sorry for what had happened. He had taken too much liquor on the day in question, and was ignorant of what took place.

The bench, in imposing a fine of £5, in default one month's imprisonment, said it was a serious matter to act in the way Madden had done, and remarked that this, occasion should be a warning to him as to his future behaviour.
The fine was paid.

The Bendigo Independent (Vic. : 1891 - 1918) Sat 20 Feb 1915 Page 8
KILLING A CALF.
KILLING A CALF.
CASTLEMAINE Friday.
At Newstead, William Madden was charged with killing a calf in a cruel manner. He cut its throat, and then began to skin it before it was dead. The evidence showed, that defendant lived with a Mrs. Dieckmann, and it was her calf that was mutilated. There were strained feelings between the two, and there were signs that these led to the calf
being made to suffer.
Defendant had previously been fined £5 for assaulting Mrs. Dieckmann, and on the present charge was also fined £5.

Victoria married Henry Charles DIECKMANN [1905] [MRIN: 571] in 1892 in , SA, Australia.³⁰⁰⁰ (Henry Charles DIECKMANN [1905] was born in 1865 in Castlemaine, Vic, Australia ³⁰⁰².)