Caning is a form of punishment, hitting someone with a cane. "Cheeks' here might be slang for someone's backside, but that doesn't make sense. "He didn't can me for my cheek." would make sense. Not the singular 'cheek'. 'Cheek' can mean speaking in an impudent and disrespectful manner - 'talking back' to someone. In that case it would make sense and mean the he wasn't being caned for being impudent and insulting.

fdmaxey cleared it :)

Your question is not clear. Can you state it a different way?