FORTY-FIVE DAYS FOR CONROY Matthew Conroy was arraigned In police court this morning, charged with assault and battery committed night before last on the person of C. S. Warner, an employe of the Or-pheum Or-pheum theater. Warner took the stand and told how ho had some argument with Conroy over his taking another man's seat. Conroy vacated the seat and sat down on the railing along the front of the gallerv: Warner told him he could not sit there, whereupon Conroy left tho gallery and started down the stairs. Warner then got his hat and started down after Conroy and tho voung man who was with him, with the idea of having- their money refunded. re-funded. When he reached the second sec-ond landing Conroy suddenly threw his arm about his neck and proceeded to beat him. Conroy, when placed on tho stand, testified to substantially tho same facts with tho exception that ho stated stat-ed ho thought that Warner followed him down the stairs to fight, as he had not mentioned anything as to getting tho money refunded. A former employer of Conroy was called by the attorney for the defense and testified that Conroy had boon in his employ at various times during dur-ing tho past four years and, so far as he knew, had never been in trouble. In closing tho case the attorney for the defense made a plea in which he spoke of the defendant as being a contributor to the support of his wld. owed mother, of his being but 22 yearB old and of his previous good character, charac-ter, and ended by asking that lenloncy bo shown, as the young man had already al-ready been punished by two days spent in, Jail. In summing up the case the court said that, though the defendant may havo boon of good previous character, it did not excuse him from being punished pun-ished for committing a crime. The court said ho wished to again issue a warning inrQgard to fighting in public pub-lic places, "declaring that very, sevoro sentences should be given to thoae creating disturbances In public buildings build-ings or meeting places whore Btich trouble might cause a panic. Judge Reeder said that had tho crime been committed In another part of the theater, the-ater, where there wore ladies present, he should havo considered the offense of-fense greater. He did not wish to be harsh with young men, as he believed be-lieved a long jail sentence was often conducive to moral degradation which offset the lesson intended. He did not, however, purpose to 'allow those committing com-mitting assault In public places to go unpunished and. therefore, imposed a fine of $45 or forty.five days in Jail.