Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1894 — A British Reform. [ARTICLE]

A British Reform.

A resolution in favor of birching bad boys instead of sending them to prison has been sent to the British Home Secretary, signed by a number of magistrates. The proposition Is to birch boys under sixteen for all offenses, at the discretion of the magistrate. The judicious use of the bineh, it is believed, would not only have a salutary effect, but it would save the boys from acquiring the prison taint, losing their dread of the prison and sinking deeper iato crime.