Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-02-05
The State of Obi
John 0mlck.

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Be it remembered that at a Session of the
| Supreme Court of the State of Ohio, holden
at cleveland in and for the County OF
Cuyahogs, on Wednesday, the twenty ninth
of April, in the year of our Lord ono thou
sand eight hundred and twelve, before the
Honorable William W. Irwin and the Hon
cradle Ethan Allen Brown, ESquires,
Judges of said Supreme Court, duly ap-
pointed and commissioned according to the
laws Of the State of Ohio, The Jurors of the
Grand. Jury of the State of Ohio, to wit
Asa Smith, Hesekiah King, Horatio Perry,
Calvin Hosdley, Lemuel Hoadley, Phinney
MoWreY, James Cudderbach, John Shirtz,
Benjamin Jones, Jeremiah Everitt Samuel
Miles, Jacob Csrad, and Harvey Murray,
Good and lawful men of the County of
Cuyahoga aforesaid, then and there return
ed, ~impannelled, sworn, and charged to
enquire of and present allETreasons, Muir
ders, Felloniss, and all other crimes and
misdemeanours whatsoever which shall
lave been committed or done within the
limits of said County of Cuyahoga,
upon their oaths present that John 0mick,
otherwise called "John," the son of 0mick,
alias Beaver, an Indian of the Chippeway
tribe, being a person of sound memory and
discretion; and Semo, an Indian Of the
Chippeway tribe, of sound memory and dis
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their eyes, but being moved and seduced by
the ~instigation Of the devil, on the third day
Of April in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and twelve, on the
night of that day, with force and arms at
Pipe Greek, in the Township Of Wheatsbor-
ough in said County of Cuyahoga, in and
upon one Daniel Buel, q human being, in
the public peace, the peace of God and the
State, then and there being, Felloniously,
willfully, unlawfully and of their malice
afo~rethought, did make an assault and that
the said John 0miek with q certain Toma-
hawk made of iron and Steele with q wood
en- handle or helve therein # the value of
One Dollar, which Tomahawk the said John
0mick in his right hand then and there
held, the said Daniel Buel in and upon the
head of him the said Daniel Buel, then and
there f~eloniouslY, willfully, unlawfully and
ofhis malice ~aforethought, did Strike, Thrust
and Cut, giving to the said Buel then and
there with the Tomahawk aforesaid in and
upon the head aforesaid of him the said
Daniel Buel one mortal wound of the
breadth of three inches and of the depth of
three inches, of which said mortal wound
the said Daniel Buel then and there instant
ly died. And so the Jurors aforesaid do say
that the said John omick, the said Daniel
Buel then and there in manner and form
aforesaid, f~eloniously, wilfully, unlawfully
and of his malice aforethought did kill and
murder against the form Of the statute In
such case made and provided and against
the Peace and Dignity Of the State Of
Ohio.
And the Jurors aforesaid upon their oaths
further present that the said Semo, an
Indian Of the ~Chippeway tribe, a person of
sound memory and d~iscreton-and John the
son of Omick, otherwise Beaver, otherwise
called John 0mich, an Indian of the Chip
peway tribe, being "a person of sound mem
DRY and discretion, not having the fear
of God before their eyes, but
being moved and seduced by the
inetigstion of the Devil, on the third
day Of April eighteen hundred and twelve
aforesaid on the night ofthat day, with force
and arms at Pike creek aforesaid in the
town of Wheatsboro aforesaid in the County
of Cuyahoga aforesaid, in and upon one
Michael Gibbs, q human being, in the pub
lie peace, the peace Of God and the State
then and there being, felloniously, willfuIly,
unlawfully and of their malice aforethought
did then and there make an assault, and
the said Semo with @ certain pistol, of the
value Of one dollar, then and there loaded
and charged with gunpowder and one lead
en- bullet, which pistol he, the said Semo,
then and there, in his right hand had and
held, to, against and upon the said Michael
Gibbs then and there, Ielloniously, will
fully, unlawfully, and of his malice afore-
thought, did shoot and discharge, and that
the said semo with the lsadsn bullet afore-
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