A man who caught the eye of police because they believed he was spoiling for a fight got a lesson in the meaning of irony in Kingston's Ontario Court of Justice. William C. MacDonald, 29, was convicted of violating conditions of an 18-month probation order that prohibited him from drinking alcohol or being in bars. MacDonald was outside The Spot, a Princess Street night club, at 2:27 a.m. in early April when Kingston Police observed what appeared to be a fight about to start. Crown attorney Ross Drummond said the officers saw MacDonald removing his coat but intervened before any punches were thrown. MacDonald was exhibiting signs of intoxication, according to Drummond, and admitted he'd been drinking in the bar earlier. MacDonald has been subject to his current probation order since November 2009 and his lawyer, Mary Jane Kingston, told Justice J. Peter Coulson that her client went out that night to celebrate his success at staying out of trouble.