The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-01 00:00:00

Mr. Abrams—Where did you go to see him ?

Witness—ln Streatham-sfreet:
At the back of the brewery, where the betting
men assemble for betting transactions?—Yes.
What does he owe money for P—For a bet.
Did you not call him a thief and a rogue, a cheat
and a welcher ?—No.

Did you not say, " You welching thief, now you
are better off you must pay me, or I will scout you ?"
—No; I said, " Now, Mr. Pickford, as you are
better off you ought to pay me."
Are you not a tout to these betting men ?—No ;
and never was.

Do you not attend at the back of the brewery,
where they meet ?—Occasionally,
Are you not there four days a week P—l might
be, but lam not a tout. I have got a better busi-
ness than that.

Mr. Abrams—Then it would be a better business
if you were to attend to it than to be hanging
about amongst betting men.
A bystander named Salmon corroborated the
evidence of the complainant. He heard each party
call the other a iiar.

Mr, Abrams contended, in mitigation, that the
defendant was exasperated at the continued annoy-
ance of the complainant, who had been persecuting
him for months about a bet which defendant denied
that he owed. It was very provoking to be called
a rogue and a " welcher" (defaulter), and no doubt
the defendant had lost his temper. He struck the
complainant with his fist, but having the pencil of
his betting-book in his hand, he involuntarily in-
flicted a slight wound with that article, It would
have been more to the credit of complainant if he
had washed his face instead of presenting himself
there in so disgusting a plight. But no doubt
that was done with a view to excite the sympathy
of the magistrate, by making that appear to be
a serious injury which in fact was very trifling.
Mr. Corrie did not see any reason to suppose that
the abusive expressions mentioned had been used
by complainant. Still it was annoying to be pes-
tered about a disputed debt, and he would take that
provocation into account. Had there been no annoy-
ance on the part of Stanley he should have sent the
defendant to prison without affording him the op-
tion of paying a fine. He must pay a fine of £5,
or be imprisoned two months.
Mr. Abrams appealed to the magistrate to miti-
gate the penalty, as defendant was very poor.
Mr. Corrie should have thought he could not be
very poor when he could afford to bet on horse
races, but if he really was it might be better for
him to be kept away from it.
Ultimately, however, Mr. Corrie reduced the £5
to £3, which was paid.

LAMBETH.--CHARGE OF IMPROPER CONDUCT
AGAINST A POLICEMAN.—Mr. Elliott was engaged
for some time in the further investigation of a case
in which Mr. Frederick Palmer, a respectable
tradesman in Lambeth, had been charged, on Tues-
day week, with assaulting police-constable Alfred
Barritt, 67 L, and which had been adjourned for
the purpose of giving time to the defendant to
make a cross charge against the constable.
It will be recollected, from the testimony given
by the constable on a former examination, that on
that morning Mr. Palmer and two friends were re-
turning home after visiting a sick acquaintance,
and on reaching Hercules-buildings, Lambeth, the
former being 50 yards in advance, had stopped
for his companions. The policeman came up at
the time, and seeing the defendant standing in
a doorway, asked him what he did there, and
if he was waiting for any one. This led to an alter-
cation ; and Mr. Palmer having given the constable
a blow on the face, the latter took him into custody,
and he was locked up at the station. Mr. Palmer,
in reply to the charge, declared that the act of the
constable in taking him into custody was most
wanton and uncalled for, and his statement having
been confirmed by two respectable witnesses, Mr.
Elliott adjourned the case for a week to give the
defendant, as he wished it, an opportunity for mak-
ing a formal complaint before the commissioners of
the policeman's conduct.
Yesterday Mr. Wontner attended on behalf of
the constable, and -qr. James Lewis, of Ely-place,
was present for the defendant, and when the case
was called on the latter gentleman observea that
hadu
t for
not someep or
his client had forwarded a complaint to the
reported on on or
i
, commissionersb of police, as he promised he should,
'zthaenrdtheco
therefore,m m issaiosnehres
understood. the charge against the constable
could not be entered on. He (Mr. Lewis) thought
it most important to •
i his client to have both cases
heard at once,
he heped andh f his worship had the jurisdic-
tion
Elliott he would then go on with both cases.
had w observed to the commissioners
that though the defendant
omitted to state thenonimissioners of police he had
and this was the causeP for nature of his charge,
Mr. Lewis mid that, orits not being reported on.
under the circumstances, he
should allow the case to
on, and reserve for a
future occasion the complatittt gainst the constable.
' The constable, Barrett, was then called, and in
his examination by Mr. Wontner • said, that in ask-
ing the defendant what he was doing in the
door-
way, and if he was waiting for any ladv h• I, What the h----y hell is th'' 'is reply
was, o you,
mind your 0
own business." And on whist saying
that it was business, he struck h' -
his hires a
the right side
of the face. The witnessfurther
said the defendant's friends had pushed him
from
the foot pavement into the street ; that one of them
the chest ; that another struck him a blow on spat
in his face, and that they also attempted to rescue
his prisoner from him.
Mr. William Ijaverell, a witness, who was not in
attendance on the former day, was called on the
part of the complainant, and said that on the night
in question he came up and saw the constable and
three of four persons on the pavement, and saw the
officer shoved into the street. Witness passed on,
'
and meeting a constable he told him what he had
witnessed, and expressing his fear that the police-
ali 'would receive some injuries, ho (witness) re-
turned to the lace, but at that time the parties
were all gone P
Sergeant T.
he took the
Thom son, 19 L, said that
charge at the '
station, and that at the time the de-