Episode 257
Eastbourne manslaughter
Wed, 2018-Jan-17 01:12 UTC
Length - 2:13
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The featured article for Wednesday, 17 January 2018 is Eastbourne manslaughter.
R v Hopley (more commonly known as the Eastbourne manslaughter) was an 1860 legal case in Eastbourne, England, concerning the death of 15-year-old Reginald Cancellor (some sources give his name as Chancellor and his age as 13 or 14) at the hands of his teacher, Thomas Hopley. Hopley used corporal punishment with the stated intention of overcoming what he perceived as stubbornness on Cancellor's part, but instead beat the boy to death.
An inquest into Cancellor's death began when his brother requested an autopsy. As a result of the inquest Hopley was arrested and charged with manslaughter. He was found guilty at trial and sentenced to four years in prison, although he insisted that his actions were justifiable and that he was not guilty of any crime. The trial was sensationalised by the Victorian press and incited debate over the use of corporal punishment in schools. After Hopley's release and subsequent divorce trial, he largely disappeared from the public record. The case became an important legal precedent in the United Kingdom for discussions of corporal punishment in schools and reasonable limits on discipline.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:12 UTC on Wednesday, 17 January 2018.
For the full current version of the article, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastbourne_manslaughter.
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