Alleged murderer gets stick (4)
I believe the answer is:
cane
'stick' is the definition.
(I know that cane is a type of walking stick)
I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cane that I've seen before include "Punish; woody stem" , "Slender stick" , "e.g. Bamboo stem" , "Type of sugar; beat" , "Malacca, perhaps" .)