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THE THEATRE MELEE.tress I was only slightly ex
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EXAGGERATIONS BY WITNESSES OF BOTH SIDES.
cited..
Mr. M. A. Prata was then called. and stated that he was employed In the Hongkong and Shanghal Bank...
agree with it? Yes.
Mr. Hugh Jones What did you ses when you went into the In- valory-1 saw Mr. Gill lift up a Indy's umbrella and try to hil Miss Sequoira.
That the various descriptionsr. Barros evidence. Do you Mr. McCallum: You have heart given by witnesses of an Incident, which occurred at the Star Theatre on April 25, "during the course of the evening performance, and the subsequent happenings wore in every case greatly exag gorated, was the gist of the sum- ming-up of the Kowloon Magis- trate, when the case was resumed yesterday afternoon..
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Mr. Lo asked witness if he was quite eure it was a lady's umbrella that Mr. Gill had, and
witness replied in the affirmative his brother and Barros outside the Mr. F. Prata, stated that he met
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that it was natural for a man to provent another from striking n woman..
Mr. Gill had described tho oc- currenco very vividly, but het Mr. McCallum) submitted that his ac- count was grossly exaggerated.
'It was seriously put forward" that the motive for the summonses" was that Mr. Gill had corrected the boys when they were young., They were boys of a tiécent class, and moreover had not taken out Cross summonses but 'lad game to Court to defend themselves,
If anybody were in the wrong those persons were Misa Soqueira and Mr. Gill.
"Deliberate Perjury.“
Jones had stated, it was hopeless Mr. Lo said that," as Mr. Hugh
A number of Portuguese resi- dents of Kowloor were involved in the Court proceedings which re-theatre. He did not behave in a sulted from the trouble in the riotous and disorderly manner. theatre, no fewer than five aum- Witness agreed with what the to reconcile the evidenca of both monges being brought before Mr.
other two had said concerning sides. He would suggest that J. R. Nihill for decision.
what occurred after, leaving the there had been deliberate perjury theatre.
Miss M. T. de Jesus Sequeira' prosecuted Mr. and Mrs. J. S. "Gill, of the Kowloon Post Office, for assault. Mr. Gil summoned Messrs. A. A. Barros (of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank), M. Prata (also of the Bank); and
xoris,
spoke to the three boys about
„Mr. O. Assumpeão said that he committed by a number of per-
fifteen minutes after the per- formance. He saw thein at No. 10 Ashley Road, where a fire had os
curred.
Counsel's Address.
This concluded all the evidence, and Mr. Hugh Jones addressed
F. Prata (of Hart Avenue) for be- having in a riotous and noisy or disorderly manner and for using threatening and insulting words with intent to provoke a breach of the Rench. He admitted that, it the peace. Mrs. Gill appeared as was quite clear that the 'actual
Proceeding. Mr. Lo referred to the evidence given by the various parties, and submitted that the giggling and kicking in
the theatre was deliberate. He asked his Worship to find in his favour. The girls must have been lunaties" to have got into such a delirious state during the formance.
per-
Mr. Lo then went on to com-
complainant against Miss Sequeira truth could not be compromised bement upon, the credibility of the and her own two nieces, thetween the two stories. Only one Misaes Beatriz and Celeste Gill,could be true, as the defendanta witnesses for the prosecution, and the three, of whom were charged had given a direct contradiction said that if they had lied on one point their evidence on the whole with disorderly conduct. Mr. to the account of his clients.
was valuelcas. Gill further summoned the three Mr. Hugh Jones-drew his Wor girls for assaulting her.
to the interval ship's attention Miss Sequeira and the Misses which clapsed before. Mr. Gill Gilr were represented by took any action. Miss Sequeira Mr. G. 5. Hugh-Jones. Mr. had issued a summons almost im and Mrs. J. S. Gill were re-mediately after the incident, and prsented by Mr. M. K., Lo, and Mr. was supported in her evidence by D. McCallum appeared for Mr. four witnesson, “ Barros, and, the Messrs. Prata. Miss Sequeira the Aggressor?
. It was not till ten days later that a cross summons was taken
On resuming yesterday Mr. out by Mr. and Mrs. GII, and the Barros went back into the box for other four persons became in further examination by Mr. Hugh|terested parties in the case. Jones. Witness said that he was Mr. Hugh Jones commented up attracted to the scene of the dis on the many descrepancies in the turbance in the ladies lavatory by cvidence before the Court, and the shouting of several women. the impracticability of Mr. and On reaching the door he saw Miss Mrs. Gill escaping uninjured if. Sequeira holding Mr. Gill by the as they had said, they bad both shoulders. The latter had an umbeen fighting against three other brella in his hands and appeared to be attempting to bring it into use on Miss Sequeira.
Mr. Hugh Jones: Who appear ed to you to be the aggressor?
Witness: When I came on the scene Miss Sequeira was holding
Mr. Gill
His Worship: It was Miss Se- queira who was the aggressor then-But Mr. Gill had the raised
persons.
If Mr. Gill were rescuing his wife he would have explained to the boys that they were leaving his wife to the morey of the three girls instead of assaulting them. The evidence of the defence was
uncorroborated.
were
In conclusion. Mr. Hugh Jones said that the summonses brought in no vindictive spirit on umbrella.
the part of Miss Sequeira. She Then the odds were equal, ex-merely wished to establish a pre cept that one was a man and the cedent against Mr. Gill's enter
ing, with impunity, n ladies' in- vatory and assaulting her.'
other a woman?--Yes.
t
Mr. Lo After this case, you got
very friendly with them, "They He did not ask for imprisonment
came to your house and you went for a heavy fine, but that a con to theirs? No. They went to my viction should be registered. house only to thank me.
Witness further said that he knew before the case actually went to court that he and one of the Prutas would be called 49 witnesses, but he had never dis- cussed the matter with any of the three girls. He had never even told Miss Sequeira what he had ecen and what story he would tell the Court.
ing to the three boys having fol-
His Worship pointed out that the incident according to the evidence occurred in the corridor outside the lavatory,
Unsatisfactory Witnesses. Mr. McCallum in his address described Miss Sequeira, as being a person of a highly strung na ture, and said that whatever she had done was not done with any malicious intent to do Mrs. Gill
Concluding Me. Lo said that the case did not merit the time and publicity which it had been given. His client regretted that the in- cident should have resulted in court proceedings as much anybody.
His Worship's Views.
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His Worship in summing up said that it was regrettable that there were no independent witnesses, and described the evidence of all unsatisfactory, parties as being The case was more of a family quarrel, and full of prejudice.. There were exaggerations in the evidence of all the witnesses. Miss Sequeira in her account pre- sented a very exaggerated picture of the occurrence.
His Worship had come to the conclusion that Mrs. Gill had been annoyed during the performance. ut he was unable to say whether tiverate. Mrs. Gill, he thought, the kicking was accidental or de-
she Telt, as his Worship could not had exaggerated the annoyance help feeling that if she was as annoyed as she said she was, the Matural thing she would have done would have been to complain to the management of the theatre change her seat.
or
yrs. Gil! turned round and realis
What apparently happened when
ed who the people behind her were (and it was admitted that she was ot on friendly terms with them) was that her annoyance was in- creased, and led her to follow them to the lavatory later. Ho would say that In this connection Miss Sequeira's party had appar- ently noticed her annoyance at the time and were glad.
He was quite unable to believe that Mr. Gil was the attacking party. He believed his evidence
Witness contradicted the evidence given by Mr. and Mrs. Gill relat-an injury. He was indifferent to that he only went to the lavatory
the two Gill girls, but Mrs. Gill when he heard his wife shouting. he described as a very unsatis- factory witness. Mr. Gill was also. unsatisfactory.
lowed them home.
Called Rascal
A Gallant Act.
With regard to Barros, his Wor-
believe that he was excited on see- ship said that he was prepared to ing the sufferings of the young Indies, and welcomed the oppor- tunity to do what he thought was
pallant, art. If boys,
tented themselves, Brely separating the parties in the cor- rider, all would have been well.
In reply to the Magistrate ho Mr. Gill had discovered that he said that outside the theatre Mr. had made a mistake in letting the Gill called him a rascal, and wit-case go to Court, but it hall gone ness told him to "go home."' so far that he had to go on with His Worship He was excited the preceedings. He had stated wasn't he? Yes.
that he disliked the Pal court, And you were very excited but he did not hesitate in taking also?-1 was only a little cheit out summonses against the three <q>Bur ̈you ̈ntuk have been very boys.
excited. It is not every day that Gommenting on the conduct of you can resete three ladies in dis-the three boys, Mr. McCallum said
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