Show A chilo janics blardy before the conn justice sermon james hardy bad bis yesterday afternoon before custica booth on the charge of cruelly beating bia lit tie eon thomas the boy ig boly 7 years old and play ha bad gone in swimming with oit ait the consent of his barents and defendant went after him with a willow the boys present asaree in their testimony that the willow need was not largo and that the father bit the son on the back while one little fellow said it was on the shoulder the boy anea ran to escape further punishment and sought refugee with mrs rebecca mitchell the complainant aalia the boys took him there and aard aoe what father haa done the boy was beeding about the breant and abdomen claimed be had fallen down in the weeds and himself on come iron the lad bared hii hi i breast and the dounda were shown the court they look like they might have been either with a willow or scratched two were crowd aud one mark with acut a cut on the right shoulder abo were all ia front and the testimony of boja was that the father hai hit the lad on the back tommy eaid hi had tallen in the weeds and hurt on the iron but the morning after ha bad told mis silver when taking milk to her so ahe testified that his father bad the by you tej mrs silver the were caused by whipping asked taj court answered ica when did you first think about the iran when pa told me about it De fondant hardy eaid the child and hia brother had been forbidden to go ia the water and ho went after him and a brother he took a little willow when be saw the boys ia the water and be hit the little one twice across the back then the boy was taken by a sifter over to mrs the defendant asked tor them but mrs bell came after him a broom abick and called him all manner of namee justice booth in summing up the case said there probably never was a boy but had been told that he should not go in the water and had disobeyed anere was no doubt but this was a case of disobedience and he wag in doubt aa to the extent of punishment a parent could inflict bogere the law stepped in in this case he did not believe the iron theory at all ha said though the lad may have scratched himself on weeds it might not bo strictly within the province of the court hia honor said but be would take thia occasion to pay to mr hardy not to whip in anger then the court related an incident of the early history of provo george A smith the lather of john henry then resided here one of the a oa hart his father george A smith aalde my ion I 1 am angry now or I 1 would eive you a thrashing I 1 will wait until I 1 get over my anger and then see if you deserve a the court thought baff a corome id able example for hasty parents tu follow ane case was taken under advise meat until ibia afternoon this afternoon atter noon tiomai john de fen dasta al tomey authorities OB to tha limit that a parent can go in if so permanent per canent in jury ia and ahe correction ia nut in the coart would hardly warranted in than the court was vr aling to give defendant the benefit of the doubt in hia reind aa to the chuie of the he they were done by the boy tall insi on defendant waa discharged |