THE SYDNEY ASSEMBLY.
DISGRACEFUL SCENE.
ASSAULT IN THE HOUSE.
ACTION FOR DAMAGES.
[press association.] Sydney, March 22. Mr. Haynes denounced the Protectionists and Roman Catholics in the course of a speech in the House last night, and Mr. Fletcher walked over and seized him by the throat and threw him on a seat, and was only dragged off'with difficulty, amidst much excitement, by the sergeant-at-arms. After apologising freely, he was suspended for the rest of the sitting.
Later.
Mr. John Haynes intends issuing a writ against Mr. James Fletcher, claiming £5000 damages for the assault committed upon him in the House of Assembly.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9009, 23 March 1888, Page 5
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