Whitley v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Robertson. Tried below before Hon. O. D. CANNON, County Judge. Appellant T. A. Whitley was convicted of a simple assault, and fined in the sum of $10. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. No briefs have come to the hands of the Reporter.
1Opinion of the Court
SIMKINS, Judge.
— Appellant was convicted of a simple assault, and fined in the sum of $10. Appellant was a school teacher. The injured boy was his pupil — 17 years old. He carried a small bottle of brandy cherries to the school and divided it among the other pupils, and was punished therefor by appellant. The boy counted aloud the blows as they were given, until he had received sixty-three, and tben ceased to count, whereupon appellant gave him three more. Appellant stated, that he whipped him with his right hand until it was numbed, and then changed to his left, and intended to continue the…
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