Evening star., 1900-03-30
JOubert's nIness Rrief
FINED FOR ASSAULT.
Young Man Punished for Whfppfne a
Teacher-Other Neyya

special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
ROCKVILLE, Nd, March %, 1900.
Two cases engaged the attention of the
circuit court here today. Carleton E. Baker.
young man from Washington city, was
fined $1OO and costs for assaulting Yelling
ton NJ. Penn, principal of the public school
at Etchison, this county, and Penn was
acquitted Of a charge of assa ulting Bakers
little brother
The assault upon Penn occurred last Mo-
Venber in his school room at Etchison, and
was the result of a whipping administered
by Penn to Bakers young brother a pupil Of
the Etchison school. About a week after
the chastisement Of the Baker child the
elder Baker travelled all the way from
Washington to Etchison for the express
purpose of getting even with the teacher.
He entered the school room while school
was in session and gave Penn severe cow
hiding. He then left, but returned at the
noon recess and again attacked the teach
er AS result Of the treatment he re-
ceived at the hands of Baker Penn was
unable to appear in his school room for
several days.
In passing sentence Judge Henderson
characterized the assault as an outrage.
and stated that If 1t were not for the fact
that the defendant was the sole support of
his mother and sister he would sentence
him to term in the house of correction
The judge stated that there is no excuse for
occurrences such as Baker was guilty of,
pecduSe tne law Will punish any teacher
guilty OF chastising a child in manner
that amounts tosassault.
At PENIS trial the testimony showed that
the Baker child had been whipped for dis
obeying the rules Of the school by leaving
before school was dismissed because he
did not wish to be included in a group pic-
ture which was to be taken. The child re-
ceived a severe chastising, but the court
did not think it was Of a character that
constituted an assault, and Penn was dis
missed.
lows: State vs. James Martin, assault, fined
$25 or thirty days in Jail; state VS.. Joseph
johnson. selling intoxicating liquor, guilty.
Mr.. VIM. R. Russell of Kenslngton. this
county. was yesterday afternoon awarded
verdict for $500 by a jury in the circuit
court at this place. in suit against the
Chevy Chase and Kensington Electric Rail-
way Company for $4,000 damages The
testimony showed that the LIST day Of last
June Mr.. Russell boarded one of the COM
pany's cars and purchased from the con-
ductor in charge six tickets for quarter.
one of which he rendered and was accepted
as fare. On the following day Mr. Russell
again boarded one of the cars and pre-
sented as fare one of the tickets he had
bought the day before. The conductor how
ever, refused to accept the ticket and de-
manded cash. Mr.. Russell refused to pay
cash and was elected from the car. The
conductors refusal to accept the ticket was
owing to orders received from the company
to accept nothing but cash after June /
Aessrs. Robert B. Peter and Edward c.
1 Feter represented the piaints:e ard ,IesSrs
Charles w. Prettyman and H. w. Talbot
| appeared for the company.
The trial OF criminal cases began in the
| circuit court here this morning. Ninety