‘It could be that the injury to the boy was accidental – that a cane stroke intended for the buttocks landed unintentionally on the leg. It does happen and at an awkward angle, the tip of the cane might dig in.’
I don’t beleve that the fact the injury was accidental really affects the issue – anymore than a motorist accidentally exceeding the speed limit.Criminals frequently kill by accident but still face a charge of manslaughter.
In theory and generally speaking and most things being equal . . . a whacking will be more painful...
They had been dealt with in a benign and supportive manner , when the conditions of service were analogous...
Most people are well aware that – for good or ill – corporal punishment was abolished in the state...
She caught me before I’d even got to the top of the stairs, of course, and it was back...
The book itself must have been printed sometime in the nineteen thirties. This was a time when the majority...
I can understand why today it seems incredible that people at school were ever punished by methods which today...
I think the LSB schools would have been elementary schools only (the normal school leaving age was only 12...
In my formative years my father remarried. Both fatherand my new stepmother worked quite late in their respective jobs...