Two youths, both with the rank of “boy” aboard H.M.S. Nelson, were at a court-martial on H.M.S. Titania at Portland yesterday ordered 12 strokes with the birch. They were accused of an offence aboard H.M.S. Nelson.
The Rev. D. Bunt, chaplain, said one boy’s character deteriorated after he found his mother was in a mental hospital. He had also been “ragged” because he was seen in chapel a lot and saying his prayers.
This boy wept when he told the court that people laughed at him because of his smallness. At times he found himself not caring what he did. He never had letters like other boys, and said he seemed to have no one to think of.
Related Articles
-
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...
-
Corporal Punishment In The Navy.
The Times, London, 13 June 1904 To The Editor Of The Times. Sir, — Certain doubtless well-intentioned but mischievous...
-
Woman robbed at Leatherhead
The Times, London, 21 November 1931, p.14 Birch for four young men Sentence of 11 months’ imprisonment in the...
-
Recorder On The Punishment Of Flogging
Central Criminal Court. Click to enlarge The Second January Session of the Central Criminal Court was opened yesterday at...
-
Garage proprietor robbed
The Times, London, 6 April 1933, p.11 Sentences in Camden Town case Mr. Naylor, a garage proprietor, of Bristol,...
-
Birch For Attempted Robbery
The Times, London, 24 February 1926 Sentence of eight months’ imprisonment in the second division and 16 strokes with...
-
Gave Men Lift — They Left Him In His Pants
Brighton Evening Argus, 11 March 1947 Prison And Birching Sentence On Soldiers According to Mr. Anthony Harmsworth (prosecuting) the...
-
Youths ordered prison and the birch
The Times, London, 17 June 1932, p.11 News in Brief Before the Recorder (Sir Ernest Wild, K.C.) at the...
