Bandit to be Birched
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Learnt His Mother Was In Mental Home
Western Morning News, Plymouth, 7 November 1936 Boy disillusioned From our own correspondent Portland, Friday. When two boys appeared...
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The Naval Manoeuvres.
Daily News, London, 10 August 1903 By A.G. Hales. (extracts) The Life of the Sailor. Work, Play, and...
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Wide Reform of Penal Code
The Times, London, 5 November 1947 Sentences less punitive Whipping to stop From Our Parliamentary Correspondent (extracts) In the...
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Robbery With Violence
The Times, London, 17 November 1925 Sentence of six months’ imprisonment in the second division and 24 strokes of...
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Robbery With Violence
The Times, London, 12 March 1932, p.4 Young Men Sentenced Mr. Eustace Fulton prosecuted; Mr. A.C. Douglas defended Gardener;...
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Woman magistrate who had boys birched starts row: ‘It’s back to barbarism,’ says colleague
Daily Mirror, London, 11 July 1947, p.1 A WOMAN magistrate who yesterday ordered birching for two boys — one...
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Prison and the Birch
The Times, London, 20 January 1932, p.6 The RECORDER (Sir Ernest Wild, K.C.) sentenced Howitt to 17 months’ imprisonment...
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Schoolboy flogging charge fails
Daily Mirror, 18 November 1933, p.3 Master Denies “Brutality” Story of Nine-Year-Old Boy Who “Bullied” Dormitory Whipping Mother’s Summons...