DO PICTURES SHOWS ANNOY?

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 148, 23 June 1911, Page 4

DO PICTURES SHOWS ANNOY?

Mr. Justice a'Beekett delivered at Melbourne a considered judgment in the action brought by Walter Howard Smith, of St. Kilda, against John Henry Tait and Nevin Tait, of Melbourne, proprietors of the "Follies" entertainment, at St. Kilda. Plaintiff asked for an injunction to restrain defendants from carrying on their entertainment in such manner as to tie a nuisance to plaintiff fin the peaceful enjoyment of his residence, and he also asked for £1000 as damages. Mr. Justice a'Beekett, in fche course of the judgment, said that the entertainment was about as inoffensive as could be produced. There was, however, no doubt that snatches of songs, exclamations from the actors, commotion and shouting in the comic business, and the applause of the audience, could be heard in some rooms in plaintiff's house and on his lawn. It -was a case in which, though little harm 'had been done, much harm might be done if defendants were 'left at large. He would give judgment ■for plaintiff for £5 damages and costs, and order that defendants, their agents, and servants be restrained from, carrying on any performance or rehearsal in such a manner as to be a nuisance to plaintiff or the inmates of bis house.