John Walker

John Walker was a resident of Redan,.

History
In April 1891, John Walker was arrested for the murder of his wife. "A WIFE BEATER. ARRESTED FOR MURDER. A woman named Teresa Walker, wife of a miner named John Walker (wires our Ballarat correspondent), died on Friday at Redan under suspicious circumstances, and rumors became current that she had been beaten to death by her husband. At an inquest held on Saturday afternoon it transpired that the pair had been married about three years, and were both drunkards. The husband was in the habit of beating his wife, and on Friday had repeated his ill treatment. He then left the house, and a few hours afterwards his wife was found dead' on the floor. The medical evidence showed that death was caused by coma, consequent on over-indulgence in alcohol, and was accelerated by the brutal treatment of her husband, and a verdict was returned to that effect. At an early hour yesterday morning Walker was arrested on a charge of having wilfully murdered his wife, Teresa Walker."