UNNECESSARY FORCE
♦ SEQUEL TO STREET ARREST MAN .FINED FOR INTERFERING. "Tho constable may have acted wrongly; ho may have ill-used tho prisoner; and it may have been a proper case for inquiry. But the Court is not called upon to decido if. he used unnecessary force:'what it has to consider is whether or not the defendant incited Full to resist arrest," said Mr. W. G. Hidden, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court this morning, when Claude Smith, for whom Mr. Mazengarb appeared, was charged with inciting one Harry Full to resist arrest. . . Conflicting evidence was given,"some witnesses holding that the constable had been unduly harsh in his methods, and others that ho had not. Mr. Riddoll, in continuing, said: "When a crowd collects there are always a number of irresponsible individuals who aro ready to incito people to resist arrest. Constables, as a rule, don't use handcuffs unless there is sonio good reason. If the defendant thought tho constable acted in an improper way ho should have reported tho matter to the Inspector of Polico; it is not his duty to interfere with a constable by either word or action.',' A fine of £3 was imposed.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 56, 3 September 1926, Page 8
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195UNNECESSARY FORCE Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 56, 3 September 1926, Page 8
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