The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-05-10

The Crcat C'l,. l.'ln' toby after seq.
rion Of Two week. IIe prasre rss. cxcrptu q
single case do not possess sufficient ln.e,e,t to
JUSTLY areport Of them
The case Of The Peoyic VS. O,eg Sicily and
twelve ohor', who were inli ici flr u iiut at L.
Sale, came up on Tuesday morning Br, ten Of
the defendants had been arre'.el Ofthe,e, three
obtained a continuance until next term; the r..
manning seven were put upon triAl on Wednesday
The evidences showed the following state Of facts
On the 9Th Of February last { R. Rinker aud
John Hart and Others. residing in O..le county.
came TO La Sale with produce, and ,od it TO @
A. Lindley, of La Sale. While unloading it at
Hardy's warehouse, difficulty arose between
Rnker and Oven Sicily. resilient Of L. Sale.
Rnker after unloading went up To Liudlcys
store for his pay; Ske.y followed him up he
bill, throwing stones 1T him tinker stdd at the
store half or three quarter, Of an hour, during
part Of which time SHELLY WAS there Using threat.
ening language DuiUg the ,Gme time, Dillon
another Of the defendants came up, and, after ha
wing same Conversation with Sicily, went home.
Sicily went out in front II OCunnors grocery
and had conversation with Others Of tie defend.
nn;s. A sonol oConnor then passed round to
the houses Of oihcrs aud Immediately party Of
men went up towards he Catholic church and
secre,el themselves RIuker and Hart started fr
home. Sicily followed RieLers team with a stone
10 BE hand Aboat twenty men started from o.
ConnoE's store IN direction to intercept Rinkcr
Dillon. about that time, came Gp tho hill with
c!ub under his coat When Enker had got on.
pcsite the place whore the body Of men frs. spo.
ken OF we're secreted, Sk.ily who was follow.
ing bim, gave whOop and attacked Rinker. The
other men then rushed gu, and stopped Rnse,'s
team. Rnker md Hart were driven from their
teams BY shower Of stones. About this time,
TIE party who had started from near OConror-
came up md q general melee ensued, tinker and
EaT. defending themselves against the attack
Ekelly was knocked down and kicked several
times by kinksr, and was cut severely with p
hoife by Hart ankcr and Hir, were both Sc,
verely injured by stones and blows party Of
tie citizens cf Ia Sale rushed up shortly after
the commencement Of the fight, and endeavored
to protect Hart and RAker, and stop the fight.
Several Of the citizens wero injured more or less
by the blows from stones Sicily asd Rlukcr
were q, the close Of he bght both nssia,ed hon
the ground
Dilloo, when the citizen, frst arrived on the
ground. 10 obedience 10 regues, made to hin
gave up his club and the evidence did no, show
tan! he took my further part in the Eight,
Tho evidence dill not show tia, Michael ocon
nor We, on the ground until ahou, the middle Of
the fgh, or after The evidence showed that
each q the defendants, on trial, took par, in the
attack upon Ripker AMI Hart.
Tbs jury f5uad the defendants guilty. Motion
for new trial BY Q Conner and Dillon was over.
ruled Tbs ,eUar' sqnisnssd Tho defendants IA
follows n
-'ven Shelly, 9 moa:ss impiisonnst; James
ahlr, three mon,h. rsh.Sk Chorly, john Fec.
IA Peter eibbona 80 ls,9 sach Michael o.
hor, fine Of Ss5 and fsls Dillon, line Of
both tes.and committed III paid
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