People v. Newton

This is a charge of assault in the third degree, on the information of Steven Hogan, a pupil in his junior year at the White Plains High School, against the defendant, a teacher and athletic coach at the school. The assault is claimed to have taken place on June 15, 1945, during class day assembly. Defendant’s Exhibit A shows that special arrangements were made for the assembly and that Frank H. Nye, the.principal"of the school, gave some of the teachers, including the defendant, certain specific assignments. The assembly program was “ for all Seniors and Juniors and for t&ose Sophomores who…