FULL TEXT: Louisville,
Ky. – Mrs. Marie Spellman, 27, was sentenced to six months in jail Saturday
after being found guilty of torturing her seven-year-old boy by searing his
hands on a hot stove.
The
boy displayed his scarred hands in court to Juvenile Judge Lawrence Wetherby.
Mrs. Spellman said she burned the child’s hands to stop him from stealing.
[“Mother Tortures
Son by Searing Hands on Stove,” syndicated (AP), Mar. 9, 1947, p. 9]
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