On February 12, 1967, British police raided a party at the home of Keith Richards, guitarist for the Rolling Stones rock group. Two guests, the group's lead singer, Mick Jagger, and Hamilton's art dealer, Robert Fraser, were arrested and sentenced to jail for unlawful possession of drugs. Hamilton's etching, based on a press photo, shows Fraser and Jagger through the window of a police van as they arrive at the court. They are handcuffed together, a detail the artist highlighted with elements of metallic foil. The print is one of nine works, including seven paintings, that Hamilton made on the subject. As he wrote, they express his "indignation at the insanity of legal institutions which could jail anyone for the offense of self-abuse with drugs." The title of the work puns on the reputation of London in the 1960s as a "swinging" city and on the British expression "swingeing," meaning "whopping" or "capital." The judge presiding over the case reportedly said, "There are times when a swingeing sentence can act as a deterrent." Hamilton's skill and originality at blending photoetching with areas of aquatint and embossing (for the creases in Jagger's white shirt) are manifest in the print.