A new angle on the bed-room farce. was given by witnesses for the prosecution—Robert Watson, oiler; Paul C. Naill, Patrick Devaney, Joseph: Rooney, and Francis Flanagan, all seamen—which was, that a number of them went on shore leave at Dairen and visited various resorts, finally landing at a Russian cabaret: Most of them had-been drinking only light beverages, lemonade and beers, but Naill had succumb bed to the effects of whisky, and his buddy, Watson, hired a room for him in this cabaret-hotel, and put him to bed to sleep it off. and took another room himself. Hearing friends in the bar later, he strolled out in his bathrobe to have a drink with. them and while there heard a_ noise from the direction of Naill's room. He reached there just in time to see Naill lying on the bed, bleeding from a cut on his head, and the defendant raising bottle and striking Naill again. He then came into the room and was struck by the defendant with a bottle so seriously as to require three stitches. Devaney, who came to the onridor outside tue door, was also hit by defendant. The sailors agreed that they did not strike defendant although Delaney grasped his wrists to prevent him from striking him.
For the defence, the story told by the Captain and his brother officers was that on reaching the cabaret where the sailors were. -yealizing the low. character of the house and. seeing members of the crew present, they wished to Jeave at once unseen by the men. The defendant, followed by one of his brother officers, intending to leave the place, stepped by mistake into a room where a man and wen were in bed. Before they could apologize and withdraw, the man called the deferdant a vile name. In resentment the defendant stepped towards the bed and recognized the man as a member of his crew, Naill. Naill repeated the insult, leaped out of bed and hit the defendant in the throat, a blow which sent him staggering acrose the room. They then mixed up in a fist fight until, seeing two more sailors entering the room, the defendant picked up a bottle which he found on the dresser to defend himself and used it as a weapon,
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