GATE-CRASHERS FINED

Evening Star, Issue 21966, 28 February 1935, Page 13

GATE-CRASHERS FINED

HAPPENINGS AT A PARTY As the sequel to a London “ gate-crash-ing ” incident, Harry Emden, aged twentythree, china buyer; Israel Cohen, aged twenty-four, salesman; and Ben Baker, aged twenty-eight, hairdresser; all of Bow, were each fined Is and ordered to pay 40s compensation. The three men were accused of committing damage at a flat in Long Acre, occupied by Mr John Ellery Wright, a young waiter. Mr Wright stated that he entertained some friends at a party, and just before midnight Baker and Emden, arrived and said they had been invited by a lady. There were then ten people in the flat, and before admitting them be suggested they should go out and get two girls “ to make the party even.” They went away and returned at 12.30 a.m. with Cohen and others, whom he had not invited. He refused to admit them, and was then set upon. One of the visitors to the party stated that while he trying to close the door some bottles were thrown. A wooden panel and four panes of glass were broken. Baker stated he was invited' by Mr Wright and a young woman, and he was also informed he might bring a friend. When he turned up Wright told him that not many people had arrived and asked him to go out and bring some friends. “ It is no use trying to understand the social attitude of different circles which one moves in,” remarked the magistrate, “ and I don’t pretend to understand the customs which have been described. The gate-crashing on this occasion was of too violent a nature to be acceptable in the police courts. However indignant defendants may have felt at not being admitted, they had no right to do this damage.”