He came, he sawed, he won the libel case – Frank McNally on a theatrical sensation in Waterford, 100 years ago
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A libel case in Waterford a century ago featured a dramatic courtroom scene. The trial included a magician who sawed through a female aide. This theatrical element divided the proceedings into two distinct halves.
This was a case of two halves, not just because it had a ‘magician’ sawing through a glam female aide