#drunken brawl

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Two of a Kind

Jessica had been in the bar for a while now. Hadn’t really started drinking until about an hour and a half ago. Mainly because up until then she had been there on a job. Now it was just her time to unwind. Not that it ever really worked out that way. She had just slammed down another shot, when a few idiots thought that they would be kind of smart and try to hit on her. Not that she minded. It was when one of them got a little handsy that things got hectic. 

“You should remove that hand before I remove it for you.” 

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“Denton Sees Waste In Jailing Two Men,” Toronto Star. January 24, 1931. Page 3. ---- Acquits Accused Held Several Weeks on Assault Charge --- ‘This case, a simple one of a drunken brawl, should have been heard in the police court. I don’t wish to criticize the conduct of the police court, but in this particular case, Magistrate Jones should have granted the request of counsel to have the case dealt with at once. The men have been detained in jail for an extra period and the court and the county have been put to an added expense.’

These observations were made by Judge Denton in the county criminal court yesterday in acquitting M. Bakie and Jiva Gruick on a charge that, on January 6, they assaulted Laya Terzin and caused him bodily harm.

The men were arrested on January 9.

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“Prisoner Heir To Fortune,” Toronto Star. November 29, 1930. Page 02. ---- Held on Charge of Murdering Policeman in Liquor Brawl ---- Kentville, N.S., Nov. 29. - Awaiting trial on a charge of murder, Garret Vanbushkirk, elderly watch repairer of Millville, Kings county, may inherit the major portion of a $30,000 estate left by Wallace and Elizabeth Vanbushkirk of New York, who resided in Kings county in 1870. Word from a New York attorney to-day said that relatives entitled to share were believed to be in this vicinity. Vanbushkirk, only one of his name in this section, believes Wallace Vanbushkirk was his uncle. The prisoner is charged with killing a police officer in a brawl over liquor.

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“Turk Is Held For Shooting Man In Neck,” Toronto Globe. December 15, 1919. Page 09. --- Drunken Brawl in Restaurant Ends With Gun Battle --- VICTIM IN THE HOSPITAL --- Abbed Din Nagosh was arrested yesterday morning and charged with shooting with intent, and Bato Bey is in the Western Hospital with a bullet wound in his neck just below the left ear as the result of a drunken quarrel at a restaurant at 599 King street west during the early hours of Sunday morning. Both men are Turks, and Nagosh gives his address at 798 King street west, while Bato Bey lives at 74 Bathurst street.

The men had been drinking, and a quarrel arose in the restaurant. Nagosh is stated to have drawn a 32-calibre revolver and shot the other man. The two and some other foreigners had been playing cards and drinking had been playing cards and drinking through the night, and the trouble arose over the card game. After the injured man had been taken to the Western Hospital, Nagosh went to his home at 798 King street west.

When Patrol Sergeant Ironsides of No. 3 Division arrived to arrest him Nagosh had taken refuge under a bed, where he defied the officer to take him. P. S. Ironsides waited for his opportunity, and then made a jump under the bed, grabbing Nagosh and wrestling his revolver from him. He then put the handcuffs on. There were five cartridges left in the revolver which Nagosh had in his possession.

Nagosh has only recently been released from serving a term at the Prison Farm, and P. S. Ironside’s capture was a plucky one, as the Turk is reputed a dangerous man. Bato Bey was attended to at the Western Hospital, where the bullet was extracted.

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“TOUT EST BIEN QUI COMMENCE TROP BIEN,” Le Canada. November 15, 1939. Page 03. --- Benjamin Tompkins, 254 est, rue Lagauchetière, accusé de voies de fait sur la personne d’un copain de chambrée nommé Joseph Cusson, été acquitté hier, par le juge J.-C. Langlois. Ce tribunal, la veille, avait pris le tout ca délibéré, après une au­dience savoureuse, le plaignant n’en finissant plus de répondre aux ques­tions de Me Emile Sasseville, avocat de la défense et cela à cause d’un bégaiement à rendre jaloux Démosthène d’avant l'expérience des cailloux. L’inculpé et sa supposée victime étaient à trinquer avec d’autres amis, dans la chambre de Cusson. Ce dernier, si l'on en croit le prévenu, commença la bataille et Tompkins se protégea de coups possibles en frap­pant le premier, en légitime défense

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“Injured In Fight On St. James St.,” Montreal Gazette. August 20, 1919. Page 07. ---- Police Called to Quell Disturbance and Make One Arrest --- One man was injured and another was arrested and charged with being drunk in a row which occurred last evening opposite the Bonaventure station. The injured man is Roy Amour, 30 years of age, who gave no address. He suffered a cut on the head and was taken to the Montreal General hospital, where he was treated in the outdoor department and later allowed to go home. Felix Huard, 28 years of age, who also gave no address, was placed under arrest by the men from the Montfort street police station. The victim and the man later arrested were together, and when opposite the Bonaventure station on St. James street they started an argument when ended in a free-for-all fight. Amour was knocked down and suffered a cut head as he fell. The police were called and quelled the disturbance.

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“Hero Comes To Pen,” The Kingston Daily Standard. August 16, 1919. Page 02. --- French-Canadian Sentenced at Toronto to Two Years for Stabbing. --- ‘I have taken this man’s heroism into account but the lightest sentence I can impose is two years, the executive authorities can then deal with the matter,’ said Judge Coatsworth in the Criminal Court, Toronto, when Romeo Dutrizac, a French-Canadian, was convicted of stabbing Archie Singer in a drunken brawl on May 31st last.

Mr. Harry Ballace, Dutrizac’s foreman at Polson’s shipbuilding yards, gave strong character evidence and told an amazing story of heroism on the part of Dutrizac.

‘We were working with some gas tanks in the hold of a ship when the tanks in the hold caught fire,’ said Mr. Ballace. ‘All the men but Dutrizac and he rushed through the flames and turned off the gas taps with the flames half an inch away. He saved the lives of 30 men and the ship that was about to be launched.’ [AL: Read more about Dutrizac’s conviction here.]