The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-02 00:00:00

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WESTMINSTER.

Wm. Smyth, 191 V, was charged with the following
gross misconduct :
Mr. Anthony Maggs, of 28, Yeoman's-row, Brompton,
stated that at about half past twelve on Saturday, he
was walking along Grove-place, Brompton, when he
was suddenly accosted by defendant, who said, " What
have you got about you?" Complainant was surprised
at the inquiry, and asked what he meant, upon which
the defendant said, " I know you very well; you're one
of the swell mob." Complainant inquired how he dared
to make such an accusatittn against him, and gave him
his name and address, and also that of his father in the
same neighbourhood, in order that defendant might
satisfy himself of his respectability, at the
same time furnishing him with a pencil that
he might put the address down. As it we:,
in the middle of the day, and in a greni
thoroughfare, a crowd of persons soon collected, com-
plainant felt very much hurt at the eonduct of d f.-nrlatu.
and requested him to satisfy hung If inqunies
some of those around them who know itim, whether
was not the person he represented him elf to he. D
fondant; however, did not ay....1 himself itf this oppor-
tunity of setting himself rieht, hut upon the entratt- f
the complainant accompanied him to the re=idonce of h s
father. at 7. Lloyd's-place. Defendant was introdneed
to complainant's parents, when he said, in reply to in-
quiries put b 7 them, that a gentleman in a gig. " whom
he did not know," had pointed complainant out as a
member of the swell mob. Complainant's father recom-
mended him to accompany the constable, and relieve
himself at the station of the aspersion upon his character,
and he accordingly went with defendant to Ebury-street,
Pimlico, where Sergeant Forster, the acting inspector,
said there was nothing to justify complainant's detention.
and discharged him. Complainant was determined not
to let the matter drop in this way, and as the station in
Ebury-street belonged to the B division he requested to
know where he could find tha superior officers of the
V division, in order that they might be at once ac-
quainted with defendant's misconduct, and Sergeant
Forster immediately sent a man with him to the
nearest station of the V's, whore, for the first time,
the defendant said that the charge against the com-
plainant was for taking a purse from a lady. The de-
fendant further observed, at the V station, that Colonel
Rowan was the person who gave the complainant into
his charge. The defendant was then asked whether
he knew Colonel Rowan, and said he did not, but de-
scribed his appearance.

Defendant--LI told him at his father's house that he
was not in my custody, and he went to the station of his
own accord.

Complainant—He told me about ten minutes after I
left my father's house, as we were going down Sloane.
street, that I might go ; but I WEI 3 determined to go to
the station in vindication of myself'.
After some further proceedings,
Defendant, in answer to the charge, said that a-gentle-
man in a gig pointed Mr. Maggs out to him as a member
of the swell mob, and the gentleman stated himself to be
Colonel Rowan.

Mr. BURRELL observed that the case was clearly made
out againA defendant, who had conducted himself in a
most unreasonable way. In his opinion, the story about
Colonel Rowan was a mere fiction, defendant having,
from some inexplicable motive, taken the complainant
into custody. lie should fine defendant 31., and, in
default, commit him fora month.