Overton Leeds Whittaker [22120] ¹

   FamilySearch ID: KJH7-XPR.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Newspaper: AN ASSAULT CASE, 1893 Mar 29, Adelaide, , South Australia, Australia. ² AN ASSAULT CASE. (1893, March 29). The Advertiser(Adelaide, SA : 1889 -1931), p. 7. Retrieved December 18, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25353468>

AN ASSAULT CASE.
JEALOUSY THE CAUSE. Port Augusta, March 28.
At the Police Court to-day Alfred Morgan was charged with assaulting Overton Leeds Whittaker, and was bound over in his own recognisances in the turn of £50 to keep the peace for six months. The assault arose out of jealousy. It is alleged that Morgan's wife left her husband's residence at Haw-ker, and came to Port Augusta with Whittaker. Morgan followed and discovered them at the residence of Mr. Daley, where the assault took place. The defendant produced a letter couched in loving terms from the complainant, and said this letter, which had been carelessly left behind, and the rumors that he had heard at Hawker, led him to seek his wife at Port Augusta. The court commented upon the complainant's action in writing in each endearing terms to another man's wife.

• Newspaper: PORT AUGUSTA, 1893 Mar 30, Adelaide, , South Australia, Australia. ³ PORT AUGUSTA. (1893, March 30). South Australian Register(Adelaide, SA : 1839 -1900), p. 7. Retrieved December 18, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48740340>

A peculiar case of assault was heard at the Local Court to day before Mr. J. Rudall, S. M.A man named O. L. Whittaker charged another man named Morgan with assault, and defen-dant was bound over to keep the peace for six months and pay £1 5s, costs. The plaintiff resided at Hawker, and the case arose from jealousy. Mrs. Morgan having left her home as defendant supposed with Whittaker, and he tracing them here found them staying at a Mrs. Daley's at Port August Extension, where the assault took place. Defendant produced letters compromising his wife with Whittaker.

Overton married Amelia Henrietta Sweet [22118] [KJH7-X5Q] [MRIN: 9084], daughter of John Seymour Sweet [22041] [KNYR-WTS] and Emma Pratten Cramp [22036] [KVP1-5QK], on 1905 Jun 26 in Norwood, , South Australia, Australia.¹ (Amelia Henrietta Sweet [22118] [KJH7-X5Q] was born on 1872 Jun 1 in Wentworth, , New South Wales ⁴ and died on 1960 Jan 11 in Port Augusta, , South Australia, Australia ¹.)