State v. Acra

In this case the affidavit was made by James Hess. The affidavit and information charged that on the 22d day of December, 1889, in Dearborn county, Indiana, the appellees, Thomas Acra, Robert Acra, Benjamin .Canady, Peter Fleek and William Ackerman, late of said county, did then and there, in a riotous, tumultous and violent manner, assemble themselves together, and then and there, in a riotous, tumultous and violent manner, having 'then and there the present ability so to do, unlawfully attempt to commit a violent injury on the person of said affiant by then and there, violently and…