Originally Posted by
longer ron
in trouble for a contretemps with a fellow officer
The trouble is there are various versions. Some say Mayne "beat up" or "assaulted" the other officer.
Stirling's version was that he recruited Mayne in prison. Doubt has been cast on this by others since. Regardless the writers of this series didn't invent the prison story to blacken Mayne's character. They have followed the Stirling version after all, he was there?