Show PRINCIPAL discharged found not guilty of excessive punishment large audience in at of the hunt boy 1 court other cases in police court the police court this morning bc in judge tho case of og against thomas mckay prin city den school charged the pingree pal or 1 bv J W hunt with assault and bat committed upon his boy came ory for hearing and principal mckay up was found not guilty and the case was dismissed tho case was based upon whipping administered to the boy a frank hunt by the principal on the jtb ot this month this morning the testimony of the father and mother of the boy was heard to the effect that he was marked with the whip and that the bruises were black and red welts upon the back and ggs the boys story was similar to the others the defense put mckay and mrs woods the boys teacher on the stand and they told ot the of the boy bis disobedience and ot the facts in ithe case which brought about the whipping the boy had not ap feared to suffer and mckay did not think that lie had whipped him so fa in the summing up assistant city 9 attorney smith stated that lie would f rest upon the evidence introduced attorney henderson tor the board of j education defended and introduced a number of citations from similar cases he argued that the question was whether or not the boy had been excessively ces punished and whether or not the punishment was necessary to t enforcing discipline in the schools and bringing about a proper feeling ot respect tor the authority of the teach ers he took the stand that it was not simply a case of assault that was being tried but that it was a matter of whether or not the interests ot the public schools were to be jeopardized or injured by the bringing into court of every petty case ot this kind judge ruled that the defendant was not guilty and dismissed the case WH garrett drunk forfeited he deposited for bis appearance T gea abrown stough looking custo to roer was next up he Is the man who jn detective fender last night and was chased into alie senate saloon he resisted arrest and fender called upon conductor rhine ot the U P to assist him rhine did assist and brown started tor rhine calling him a eray headed old uncomplimentary brown made a pass and rhine angled with a right bander which jarred the tough they taree then mixed and brown was getting the worst of it when entered into the fun brown was being influenced when ira thompson a young boy grabbed rhine he let go suddenly and then brown was landed in jail brown said a kind word would have brought him to jail all right when a hone woud not but he looked as a bull dog does when he wags his tall and at the same time makes a your leg and the judge paid compliments in a tew words 15 days young thompson followed jn court on tho charge of interfering with an officer he admitted grabbing rhine but said he did it to help he paid A tea dollar fine and court ad botu bcd t tho recovered a bike which was stolen from frank corsey in july it was reported as lying in a lot on upper street and was returned V to its owner V |