Eastbourne manslaughter
eastbourne-manslaughter-1753003978907-713414
Description
R v Hopley was an 1860 legal case in Eastbourne, Sussex, England. The case concerned the death of 15-year-old Reginald Cancellor 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.
ID: eastbourne-manslaughter-1753003978907-713414
