FRACAS IN THEATRE
Tn the Magistrate's Court yesterday William Lawrence Fraser was charged with assaulting Walter Georgo MMahon, ulao with disturbing tho audience at His Majesty's Theato on Saturday night. Mr. A.8.. SievwriEi; appeared for the deThe facta were that the defendant, who was under iho inlluence of liquor, went to tho theatre, and while a trapeze turn was going ou he kept calling out. Bight. Bh- let her go." The couiplainantMMahon, an' attendant at the theatre, asked him to keep quiet; M'Mahon then won! down the Btairs to the first landing, and was followed bv tho defendant, who struck nim in the cyo, and save him another blow on the back of the head. Tho defence waa that Fraßcr called out applauding the turn, and when told by tho attendant ll'Mahon to go out, ho did so On going down tho stairs he trtpnocl and fell on M'Mahon, who was in front of him. The latter grabbed the defendant, and they rolled down tho stairs togother. M'Mahon struck him. and th« defendant retaliated. Tho Magistrate recordod a. conviction on both charge". For assaulting M Malum defendant was (lncd £4, and ordered to pay costs and on tho other charge he was fined £1.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 229, 22 June 1920, Page 6
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204FRACAS IN THEATRE Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 229, 22 June 1920, Page 6
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