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Tillsonburg Man Charged
Verdict Given
With Slaying Of Indian
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'Tensely apprehensive, William iknocking him out and after that
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Eir"d of Tillsonburg, was son- he could recall very little.
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Al Woodstock
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fenced to penitentiary for 15 "I just remember fighting out-
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on
rears by Chief Justice T. C. Mc -'side. I was down on all fours.
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Mier in Supreme Court in Wood -II must have been down.
I don't know haw I got there.
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,cock noon today.
WOODSTOCK Oct. 2- Wil-
I The Chief Justine told Emery,Someone was still fighting me,
and somebody was pulling at me,
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Ilam Emery,.52, of Tillsonburg,
'dotence had disclosed he had cut
man with a Emery declared.
,asi
tonight was found guilty of
Irvwn an unarmed The witness said he was then
Itaken
y
w �i 4" 111i1 VJ +i 9
n t,I g111 14 p I„
it ItI„-a III
'manslaughter
In the Aug. 23
l:uife' into the house by Mrs. Em-
Emery last week hoed trial for
knife slaying of Ruppert Kewa-
cry.
his life, charged originally with The accused's wipe, Anna Em-
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v 3s s arti�ll,
47, of Ohsweken. Emery
gash¢& y
murder, later reduced by thel
'jury to manslaughter. The murd- ery, testifi?d earlier that Trem-
into
:u' •(�?
had been charged with murder,
blay and Kewagasheg came
er charge resulted from an Aug -the house demanding a cheque
sys 't..
The all -male jury deliberated
ust 23 knife wounding of a Sau- for $103 and she said they both
�geen Reserve Indian, Rupert Ke-
A ? :
4e
for 2'S hours before bringing In
w•agasheg, in Tillsonburg. A tobr had been drinking as well as her
husband, and they were all CPell-
Its verdict. Chief Justice J. C.
aceo worker, he later died in
ins their drinks.
it
McRuer will pans sentence Wed-
hospital as a result of the wound-
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After a verbal exchange Mrs.
nesday.
in'g•
Chief Justice McRuer said that
Emery said she pushed the men
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Kewagasheg'a death occurred
"if Kewagasheg, by his conductloutside
and followed them carry.
in Tillsonburg Hospital on All
provoked you, he was under the ring a stick in her hand. Emery,
w"
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gust 23 following a fight with
,influence of liquor. You supplied. she said, was behind her.
"Tremblay
Emery on the front lawn of
'him with liquor, resulting in his
grabbed the stick
from my hand and hit my hus-
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Emery's Tillsonburg home
condition".
"If you were under Cho influen-
band two or three times on the
;;.
Amused on NtanA
ce of liquor you were responsible side and on the head and, my
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The verdict followed a day's
for putting yourself in that ,,_
husband went down."
sessions during which Emery
he said. I
She said the Indian rushed at
took the stand to testify on his,
Idition",
"The use of knives cannot be
Emery with his fists and that
sH^._
own behalf. He told of the
tolerated in our community", IEmery pushed out at the Indian
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events and details which pre-
stressed the Chief Justice. with his right hand which was
neded the "accident," recalling
Chief Justice McRuer said the carrying the knife.
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how he was suffering from a
sentence he was imposing was
The Emery's young daughter,
sprained ankle which he re-
not as severe as it should be, He
Anne Marie, 10, testified that
ceived while working In tobacco
said he we sa�taking into cronsider-
ation that }mcry was a man of
Tremblay and the Indian came
into the house and later Tremb.,
earlier that week.
He said Kewagasheg and Tn
52 years of age.
lay grabbed the stick from her
;,.
p,
seph Tremblay burst into the
Before sentence was passed
,; William E. Young of Woodstock,
mother's hand and struck her
father with it a number of times.
uua
chen while he was eating
' for Emery called forth 2
Tremblay stated in his testi-
' supper and demanded $103.
;. character witnesses, one a neigh -
chaser
many that he and the Indian had
I Feared Rob
bon of Emery's In Tillsonburg,
never set foot in the house.
Emery told the court that at
/ the other, a fellow worker, he
sbery
He said he and the Indian veer
first he thought the men were
had known in Delhi.
outside when Mr. Emery charg-
He
g oin rob him. He alleged
- 'line TLNsonbung neighbor, Bruce
ed out the door and that he took
—Free Press
Woodstock Bureau
thatg Treto mblay had up a
fashioned from
Earl Racher said his children
hiked Emery, they missed play-
a stick Pram Mrs. Emery's hand
and struck Emery with It along
ACCUSED OF MURDER —William Emery,53 of Tillsonburg (right), appeared
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walking stick a
'1� small tree limb and struck him
rng with him, and that he was a
his left side once, knocking him
before Magistrate R. G. Groom in Woodstock today for
a preliminary hearing
the headwith it.
good neighbor.
dawn•
of a murder charge against him. At left is Chief Constable Roy Corbett, of
I
on
He claimed that be, did not ra-
The other witness from Delhi
said he had known Emery for 15
He later said he saw Emery
scuffling with the Indian but had
Tillsonburg. Emery is charged with the murder of on Ohsweken Indian Reserve
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member anythin gram then un-
g
"years, and always found him
not seen the accused actually hit
P man.
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Drinking Involved
tit he was outside fighting on
frie;iily, honest°and a setiseac-Ithe
Indian with the knife.
mng, crinlgeu wau, r mar= !
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Hof
In his opening remarks to
the lawn.
Emery will be sentenced Wed-
y
! tory worker. I A number of other witnesses
1all-,testified_ g
It was on October 2 that an durfi the trial.
Sends Accused
his wife, will also appear•
on a murder charge. i"
the all male jury he maid that
a "certain amount of drinking"
nesday along with William John
Ashby who pleaded guilty to a
male jury found Emery guilty
manslaughter, bringing to a con-
W. A. Young, of Woodstock, '
had preceded the fatal stab-
reduced charge of manslaughter
elusion the three-day Supreme
True Bills
defense counsel, rejected an op
by the t
bing.
Final witness of the day, Sgt.
earlier this week after being
Court of Ontario murder trial in
Woodstock.
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Given
TO Jury
Trial
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magistrate
have Em
have Emery speak on his ow
Earl Lewis, of the T111sonburg
charged with murder.
Both trials were conducted at
The .jury deliberated for in and
half hours before bringing
',•1 Are s
behalf.
Antonio
town pollee, Satd that he went
to 9 Potter Rd., home of that
the fall assizes et the Supreme
a
forth their verdict of
of
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is y In 2 Cases �
Free Press Woodstock Bureau '
Tremblay, 34, of 9ud
y
bury, a tobacco worker m tb
defendant, and found the dead!
Court of Ontario which opened a
in Woodstock en Mon-
of gully
er, finding Emery not guilty of
y
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WOODSTOCK, Sept. g _.
it
t,,
Tlllsonburg area, was prmci Phi._
man mortally wounded an thee'
sitting
day.
murder.
Acting for the defendant Em-
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:- Free Press Woodstock Rureaulaar
William Emery, 63, of Tillson-
crown witness. He outlined tc �,
lawn.
•counseG. �g W oI
WOODSTOCIC, $aPb 28 Tr uc sr
burg, father of one child, has
been committed to trial at the
the court events leading up to ,,,
"The first thing I noticed was
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stryodc•aC orNnvn l was C C.
Savage, QC, London.
�; bills of murden were returned €"
Ontario Supreme Court session
the brood on him,' the sergeant
said, "on his panto and the tow-
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Antonio Tremblay, although I
of
� One of the last witnesses bo
I � against William John Ashby, ,
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c Woodstock Sept. 28 on
a a fight near the Emery home
of hie body." He added
can't recall lt, moat hAVP, one
g
take the stand was the accused,
49, of Canning and William Em-
charge of murder.
in which Kewagesheg Was Ya-
part
that he noticed wounds on the
that
downtown and back again be-
Emery, who was called to testify
" Y'
erey, 53, of Tillsonburg, by the it
Magistrate R. G. Groom
tall stabbed.
y
d man's side and abdomen.
cause we had another person
in his own defence ensby Young.
Emery related events which oc-
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grand jury ea Suptfeme Court opt i.
handed down the decision at
a
Six N'owrdesacred
The sergeant said he went
with us."
on Sunda August
y,
- Ontario opened Fall Assizes
preliminary hearing in Wood-
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Into Emery's house after An
Mr. O'Brien,yhaswho along with
h
stating that Tremblay and the
,
`. today. Justice J. C. Me- yr
stock today. Eight crown wit-
„pH;-�� W- Klerluk, of -9t. -,
ambulance had taken Kewage-.Tremblay
has been In custody
li deceased Kewagasheg came into
here
o[ Toronto, presided. ii
Messes testified at the four-hour
Thomas, acting provincial path-
i ehig away and found Emery
since the alleged offense as
f 'his house and demanded $103
,R•Per,
Both men will stand trial dur--
hearing,
ologist, said he found two :sitting
at the kitchen table with
material witnesses, fdentiffed;.
from him.
b ing the Assizes. Ashby 1a
Emery was charged with
an Inch
his shirt off. He said the ac•
the third person AS the de-
"At first I thought bhey were
in the fatal shooting of:,',
murder in the Aug. 23 slaying
wounds each about
cured had a "sort of scrape
ceased.
going to rob me", Emery said,
charged
law wile Katherine T
of an Ohaweken Indian Reserve
long in the Indian's chest and !•¢
wound on his left aide, about
Nought Money
adding that he had been drinking; his common
being defended by
.man, Ruppert Kewagesblg,
47, stomach and four smaller
eight Inches below the arm pit."
He could not recall accurate•
!
with Tremble Y earlier in the day.,
and that he didn't know anything!
Berehula, la
- W. R. Poole, London. see
who was found in a pool
of
wounds.
Took Walking Stick
ly happenings In a Allied At the
about a cheque' for $103. j
it by
Mr. Poole will be as
blood on the lawn in front
of
Sgt. Albert Lewis said he
During .cross a a,n,-_nation-
rear of the Emery house huts:
l
d-
R, H. McDougall, QC, of Woad- I
I Emery's Tillsonburg home.
He
found a man on his back on the
testified he seized "what had
Said there was some
REMEMBERS FIGHT r
The woman died from a
died as the result of knife
lawn of Emery's home. He said
been a walking stick, a little
about a check produced by
the followingrn-stock.
minutes head gunshot wound In the kitchen of
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wounds in his chest and
he Emery come part way
better than three feet long ...
blIn
ma
_. her Canning home on the night
d
stomach an hour after he was
saw
of his house three times
: with something red on it, like
Kewagesheg. He self Kewage-I'
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o[ June 28.
taken to Tillsonburg and Dis.
out
while police
•blood, but I wasn't sure
g signed the check and!
1t slit ei
Emery a laborer was charged
trict Memorial HoepitaL
and return again
were investigating the situation
was," from the Emery bath,
wanted to borrow Some moneyli
after a Saugeen reserve Indian
Sufficient Evidence
on his front lawn.
' room.
from Emery on Its strength.
:
[ tobacco worker,die Ruppert Ke-
Magistrate Groom said
he Other witnesses were Chief
Joseph O'Brien, be, an Itiner-
The witness said he could
wageaheg, died from knife
found sufficient evidence
to Corbett and
Constable T.
` ant tobacco worker told of
recall taking the check to.,
wounds in Tillsonburg. The
commit the man to a higher
of
''C°nstable Harold Howting, of
early
Ins to the Emery home early
a knife wounds were allegedly in•
court for trial. It will be the
the OPP Identification branoTt
on Aug. 23 and obtalnlIg
Eme and baIn refused)
r'Y g
e flitted during a scuttle.
second murder trial scheduled
London
"California grape wins made
4Y money; as well as returning it
Acting for the Crown in both
for the fall session of Supreme
',our•t
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•,> t.
Mr. Emery."
A,I to Its owner.
trials will be C. C. Savage, QC,
here. William Ashby,
of
He said he and his comp�ri?
The trial will continue Thurs-I
- of London.
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11en, another tobacco worker, day at p:1s am,