Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1901 — School Teacher Fined. [ARTICLE]

School Teacher Fined.

H. P. Overton, teacher of the James school south of to urn, was flnecl |1 and costs, $43,85 in all, for whipping one of his scholars, Olarance Cochran, ten or eleven years old. The case was tried before a jury In Squire Troxell’s court last Thursday evening. The boy received Mis whip* ping for laughing, out loud The boy’s parents and friends seemed to think the whipping was more severe than the offense justified, and sh the boy’s back showed the results ot the whipping, they caused the arrest of Overton. Considerable feeling has been worked up over the matter, each* side to the controversy having its adherents. Mr. Overton has signified his intention of appealing the case to the circuit court.