The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-04 00:00:00

SCANDALOUS CHARGE AGAINST MR. M.
GRztil AM, SON OF SI i‘ JAMES GRAHAM.

WINDSOR, THIIRSDA.Y.

A case which has created considerable interest was
heard before the mayor (Mr. James Brown) and two
other magistrates of the borough of New Windsor, this
morning. Mr. J. P. Barrett, solicitor, Eton, appeared.
on the part of Mr. Graham, complainant ; and Mr. C. S.
Voules, solicitor, Windsor, for Ango, a policeman.
After Mr. Barrett had stated the nature of the case to
the Court, he called his client, who deposed as follows :
Mr. Graham stated that he had been dining with the
officers of the Grenadier Guards at their mess in the in-
fautry barracks, Sheet-street, Windsor, on Saturday
evening last, and on arriving near the Windsor-bridge,
at about half-past 12 o'clock, a policeman took hold of
him, and said, " I arrest you, sir, for uttering- counter-
feit coin." The officer at the same time charged another
man to aid and assist him in taking complainant to the
station house. On their way thither, and within a
short distance of the mayor's residence in Thames-
street, the defendant turned round and said to com-
plainant, "You are trying to swallow something,"
and knocked him down. The policemnn and the
other man then knelt on complainant, the police-
man put his finger in complainant's mouth,
and thrust it under his tongue and down his
throat. Complainant struggled to extricate himself
from such rough treatment, when the policeman bit him
in the face, the effects of which were still very visible.
The complainant was then allowed to get up, when his
pockets were searched, and about 4/. in gold and Bs. 6d.
in silver was taken from them. He requested to be taken
either to the infantry barracks or to the Chnittopher Inn,
Eton, where he had been staying, but this ;was refused
him, and he was taken to the station-house; and locked
up until about half-past two o'clock in th,e.jmorning, at
which time Inspector Eager came into th room and
heard the charge of the policeman, who sai, that defen-'
tin
dant had given him two sixpences to get k- lodgings,
both of which were counterfeit. The inspector, on leek-
it g a ; the money, and finding it to be good, allowed him
to go to his inn after he had told him his name, but sent
a sergeant of police with him to see if be was known
there, when be was recognised by the boots.
By Mr. Barrett—He was perfectly sober, and did not
speak to a. single policeman, or any other person, from
the time be left the barracks until he was arrested.
Never gave the policeman, or any other person, any,
money that night to get him a fly to convey him to the
Christopher Inn.
Policeman Andrews, on being sworn, said he was on
duty in Sheet-street on Saturday night, and walked up
with a gentleman, whom he believed to be complainant,
Co nig-I-street, and handed him to Ango, the complainant
having told him that he wanted a fly to take him to the
ClOst,pber Inn, Eton, where be said he was staying.
James Ware, the man on the bridge, deposed that he
heard the policeman charge the complainant with giving
him t .vo bad sixpences, when he denied having seen him•
before or havinggiven him any money. Policeman then
said he must go to the station-house, and, when complain-
ant refused to go, witness was charged to aid and assist.
He then deposed as to the facts of the scuffle in Thames-
street. •

A publican of the name of Cutt said a policeman
called with a gentleman at his house at a little after
twelve o'clock for a fly to go to Eton College, but he de-
clined taking his horses out at that hour for so short a
j ,urney.
The magistrates' chamber was then cleared, and on
the public being readmitted, the magistrates said they
were of opinion that the officer had far exceeded hid
ditty. It was easy to discover from the gentlemanly
manners and appearance of the complainant that he was
not a smasher ; bestelts, a smasher was not in the habit
of giving money away. The defendant was fined 1/. 7s:
6c.. including costs, or, in default, one month's impri-
sonment.
_ _ _

Mr. Barrett said his client was satisfied with the ma
gistrates' decision, and as the case would be sent before
the watch committee, he begged that the man might net
be discharged on account ,if his large family ; it no
doubt was a case of mistaken identity.

Country Marlieu.

DERBY SMITHFIELD.-JULY 1.

There was a good supply of fat beasts to•day, but the
sales were flat, and several lots left unsold. Sheep and
lainbs were not quite so plentiful. A large number of
calves, but a heavy sale. The supply of pigs was not so
large this week.
The fallowing were the quotations :—Beef, bid to 7d
mutton, 7d to 7 ; lamb, 70 to 8d ; veal, 6d tc —d per
lb. ; pigs, ►Os6d to u sOd per score ; rough fat, 4s 3d to 00
per 141 b. ; hides, 34d to 4d per lb ; calf-skins, 3!d to 51
per lb.