He added that he had never seen the man that had struck the blow before. However, he said that he could not say if the man had had anything in his hand. He said that he saw James Dalziel standing at the end of a passage leading into the hall and then saw him walk forward and then saw a man step from the side of the hall and strike him. He said that he was also struck on the head with a bottle. The doorkeeper of the dance hall said that a number of men entered the hall on the morning of 3 March1934 and a disturbance broke out. Members of The Bridegate Boys were said to have thrown bottles, crockery and other missiles, brandished knives and batons and to have also assaulted five people, including James Dalziel. It was heard that a fight had started between members of a gang known as The Bridegate Boys and members of another gang known as The Bedford Boys. However, all five of the men were found guilty of mobbing and rioting and each sentenced to 12 months imprisonment. The charges against four of the five men were dropped during the trial and the last man facing the charge, who was identified as the man that had stabbed James Dalziel was acquitted. Thirteen men were initially arrested over his murder and five men were tried. He was taken to the Victoria Infirmary in Glasgow where he died. James Dalziel was attacked at a dance hall in Glasgow, his throat had been cut with a razor.
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