Documents Relative to the House of Refuge: Instituted by the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents in the City of New York, in 1824... Pub. by Permission of the Board of Managers, by Nathaniel C. Hart, Superintendent |
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Page 41
... stealing and vagrancy From the Commissioners of the Alms - House , for stealing , vagrancy , and absconding Of this number , 9 6 have never been in Bridewell , 1 9 47 16 Total 73 49 have been in that prison from 1 to 7 times , 19 have ...
... stealing and vagrancy From the Commissioners of the Alms - House , for stealing , vagrancy , and absconding Of this number , 9 6 have never been in Bridewell , 1 9 47 16 Total 73 49 have been in that prison from 1 to 7 times , 19 have ...
Page 48
... steal with impunity . " The consideration , however , that there is a char- ity which provides for objects of this character , has removed all objections to convictions in cases of guilt . " Formerly , too many citizens were reluctant ...
... steal with impunity . " The consideration , however , that there is a char- ity which provides for objects of this character , has removed all objections to convictions in cases of guilt . " Formerly , too many citizens were reluctant ...
Page 49
... stealing , one is in the Philadelphia county - prison , one in the city - peniten- tiary , and from the other no account has been received . This restlessness and desire to escape , has been the greatest source of anxiety and difficulty ...
... stealing , one is in the Philadelphia county - prison , one in the city - peniten- tiary , and from the other no account has been received . This restlessness and desire to escape , has been the greatest source of anxiety and difficulty ...
Page 57
... stealing and depreda- tion , to which he was led by the company of older boys , and his brief life exhibits one of the most extraordinary instances of juvenile depravity that has come under the notice of the board . His thefts , as ...
... stealing and depreda- tion , to which he was led by the company of older boys , and his brief life exhibits one of the most extraordinary instances of juvenile depravity that has come under the notice of the board . His thefts , as ...
Page 59
... stealing a turkey , and sent to the Penitentiary for six months . When he came out he strolled through the streets , and commenced pilfering as an occu- pation , and was three times committed to Bridewell . His conduct from the day he ...
... stealing a turkey , and sent to the Penitentiary for six months . When he came out he strolled through the streets , and commenced pilfering as an occu- pation , and was three times committed to Bridewell . His conduct from the day he ...
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50 John 50 William Acting Committee Alms-House appears apprentice attention bad company benevolent born in New-York boys Bridewell Brushes finished CADWALLADER D Cash Catharine character Chatham Theatre child city of New-York clothes COLDEN commenced Commissioners committed conduct confined CORNELIUS DUBOIS County Court of Sessions crime criminal depraved discharged disposition dollars dozen dren duties establishment father feel female friends fuge fund girls habits Hart Henry hope House of Refuge indented Indenturing Committee industrious inmates institution instruction JAMES LOVETT JOHN HUNTER JOHN STEARNS JOSEPH GRINNELL Juvenile Delinquents Keeper labor Ladies Legislature letter lived Managers master Matron ment mind months moral mother MOTT obedient offenders parents Penitentiary persons PETER SHARPE Police prison punishment RALPH OLMSTED received Reformation of Juvenile religious respectable returned SAMUEL WOOD sent Sessions Society stealing stole streets Superintendent theatres tion vagrant vice vicious WILLIAM F WYCKOFF young youth
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