The Express.
London, England, 1860-11-27 00:00:00

DEATH PROM FLOGGING IN A PUBLIC

SCHOOL.

We regret to have again to record a case of flog-
glee—tlne time in a public school at Exeter. A little boy,
named John Bourne, years
aged 9 , and who attended the
Devon and Exeter Central School, in Coombe-street, died
ea Friday morning bet, sad at an inquest held in the even-
ing, at the Sawyers' Arms Inn, before H. W. Hooper,
Es q., coroner, the following facts were adduced :—The
unfortunate boy, who was en illegitiuiate son of Mrs.
Heard, residing in Preston-street, had attended the Ischia
for about twelve months, aid three mouths since complained
to his mother that a pupil teseher in the school had
severely beaten bb ; and requested her not to allow
him to go there any more. The mother, knowing the boy
to be rather dull, and thinking that it was merely as m-
are to stay away from wheel, Insisted on his cautioning
is atteod, which he did up to the mud of November, on
whisk day be went hem" and wad so pawl , that be
seuhd ask Mt km Amor. He then ' of
• wens head-eche, and the mother, who still
thought her use wasted to stay from school, charged him
with it, to whisk be replied that it was not
so, sad the add that • pupil teacher, tamed Hawker,
bad send him ea the back part of the head
with • " points. did." Apes being asked by kis mother
why he had net tend Mr. Aadia (the master), he mode
no reply and Ids mother sent knn to school in the &har-
eem. The mask; who saw that the boy was unwell, told
Mai is ge home, bet he did sot do so till past four o'clock,
when he MI eamolsimed of being ill, sad could not take kis
tea ; be them WWI Ida mother to put hiss to bed, and was
very ink, sod amplaiwed of violent pains in the head. The
boy amitineed ill kr scone days, when the mother procured
some medicine fins Mr. Tarr, of South-street ; but two
days after be became deliiions, when the parish
doctor (Mr. A. J. Cemening,) was celled in, who
attended him up to his death. the boy was ill
in bed, Hawker, the teacher, called to see him, and
whilst with him mid, "I did Dot strike you to hart
you, my boy;' to which the poor youth replied, " Yee
you did, sir, for you made me sick. Hawker then told
the parents that he never used the stick, but he might
have struck kimonos with the "pointer," and upon being
told by limed that it was said that he frequently beat the
children, Hawker replied that he was obliged to boat them
sometimes, for it aaa DO good to let them have their
own way. Mr. Cumming, the surgeon, dated that when
he first visited the deceased, he had some diffloulty in
getting him to speak, and he appeared to be suffering
from a disease in the brain, complaining that oar of the
teachers, named Hawker, had struck him on the head with
• "printer"—then was • swelling on the scalp, bat he
could not ear whether it was caused by a blow, or whether
it existed before. He could not externally see or fail the
came of death, but • poet mortals examination would no
doubt enable him to come to a conclusion. The coroner
remarked that this was an important inquiry, and if they
were to fix the matter on • third party it was necessary
they should obtain all the evidence that could he possibly
got. The inquest was then adjourned.

THE MYSTERIOUS POISONINO CASE IN
.9 UIIOLK.

The long-pending inquiry into the mysterious
Ci/Clantstalacee attending the death of the poor boy, Robert
Monne, at I:orphan), St. Geonievia sear Bury St. Ed-
mund's, on the 9th of September, wee resumed and eon-
eluded on Friday evening, by ler. G. A. Partridge, the
local coroner. The deceased, it may be remembered, lodgod
with • labourer named Curtis, and by wife, at Farnham.
Curtis wee in the myna of Mr. C. Nunn, a large fanner,
in the village, and lied for some time past been on bad
terms with another farm servant, tamed Hawkins, who
lived near him. The deceased boy kept his little stook
of dour in • nick apart from that of the Curlew,
and on his returning home on the evening of the 7th el
September a pudding was made for him by Hrs.
Curtis. After (*Meg part of the pudding he exhibited
symptoms of having been poisoned, and died after • few
hours' severs suffering. On the following day the Cortina
were also attacked with similar syniptoma, mud an examine.
tion of their Boor as erelSas that which had belooged to the de-
r:weed boy, shooed that it eonteieed sneak in soesldemble
quantities. Anemic Pasant found on • post models swami-
esteem being made of the body of the demand, and b
the crops of several fowls which ate some of the pod-
ding UM boy left. Hawkins had had in his preemelen
for ispriesheral purposes a quantity of sneak, red es
the pollee eserehing for it the packet was found to hem
been opened, although Hawkins professed himself to he un-
aware of the feet It is also a angular eircurnataase that es
thesxrsisgcfte&hottlepteeiber Hawkins in person bee.
rowed some flour from his. Curtis, for the purpose, es be
mid, of 11111 e 11011111 Mends, who did not come to em
him slier all ; sad ponaor pan of the borrowed goer
was a/temente found in his house untouched, although
a little wee used for a podding made on Sunday, September
the 9th.

Oe the renneption of the inquiry oe Friday, some addi-
Ikea witnesses were examined, elide the carom, stated
that it wee advisable to clam the istpdri. The Puy re-
turned the following verdiet :—" the dammed died
from the effects of arsenical poisoning, bet whether admin.
istrred by hi. own hand or the band of another there Is not
sulkient evidence to show."

Arornacssiss' litu.—The following gentians*
paned their nomination in the science sad practice of
medicine, end nosiest! oertificetes to practise, on Thom
day last James Basege, Huriinaton-quir7, Yorkshire ;
Itoliert Mille, C.ventry ; W ill rw Hoyle, 81sithwaite, York.
shin; JIM'S btasie, Lannseter ; John William, Liy Orr,
liendoetlialdre. Tlie folioeing gentlemea also or the rose
day leseal 1.6.-o first —Henry May, Birming-
ham ; Michaud (lamina Tanner, Pnionrick, Oloncestersiure.
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