POLICE V GALLAGHER.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1585, 15 June 1887, Page 3

POLICE V GALLAGHER.

TO TIIE EDITOB.

Fir, — In yonr eub-ieador of laat night's issu3, you Bay, '' It waa remarkable however that the acmeed himself did not npeak nearly vr, strongly In regard to the matter of ill treatment ai did his friend the constable, and is it not Btran^e that a man alleged to be theaabj°.ot of most brutal knock'ng about should not ra* member at least as muoh about tho olroamstancea aß a bystander?" This I assert is open to contradiction, as I think a by-atander is a most material witdess who can accurately describe the illtroatment. I can assure you I have described the' illtreatment on the 3rd inst to Mr Inspector Brohara, bnt you entirely forget that I was a prisoner and could answer only questions put through tho Court. Fancy the way the Magistrate adopted the line of cross-examination, trying bis beat to ellicit anawera from me favorable to the police, and which proved afterwards to bo irrelevant matter, having no bearing on the case. I had been most cruelly illtroated, and that when handcuffed both m the yard nnd cell. I quite agree with you that m Siberia exileß and other such unfortunates would not be subjected to such illtreatment as fell to my lot m the Ashburton lock-up. Yours, etc., T. Gallagher.