Dear Lance. — I desire to inform you that you misunderstood the facts of the case concerning the punishment of the boy McNeil. The boy was punished for deliberately stealing money off the teacher's desk, of which fact I have absolute proof. — I remain, yours sincerely, N. R. MXTLVILLE.
[We took our facts from the newspaper reports, and the Magistrate's judgment. Even if the child did deliberately steal a threepenny bit from the teacher's desk, our opinion about the corporal punishment inflicted upon him remains the same. It is but fair to add that Mr. Mulville has shown us his credentials, which are excellent. But, in dealing as he did with the child McNeil, we think he committed an error of judgment. — Ed. F.L.]
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Free Lance, Volume I, Issue 51, 22 June 1901, Page 8
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