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Attacked By IrateJFather Yesterday(Continued from page one)others for fighting The boys were ordered to remove their coats Two of them obeyed, but Williams refused The school man then turned r»n Williams and used six switches , irtually wearing them out on the feoy's back, the boy finding the coat too hot finally pulled it off He nev-* r cru ri or whimpered, and the de-bns* pointed *»ut that it was hardto tell how badly the boy was being whipped The * licks brought forth blood, and the boy was car-md to a doctor who testified that the lad had had a sound thrashing but that there were no resulting in* juries of a permanent nature Judge R L Coburn, listening patiently and admitting that the boy was whipped badly, cited several decisions and ruled th* defendant not guilty on the ground that the thrashing was administered without malice. The judge* also pointed out that the defendant had taught school 46 years and that he had not had to use a whip in tie school room m seven years until he went after the Williams boy a few days ago
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Williamston Enterprise
Williamston, North Carolina, US
Tue, Mar 31, 1942
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