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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1856<br />
Abstracts 1239-1246<br />
JAILS. See Penal & Corrective Institutions<br />
JEWELRY & JEWELERS<br />
1239 - L' Nov. 12; adv: 3/2 - Cowles is sell ing things in his 1 ine cheap<br />
for cash. His stock of jewelry and fancy goods is large and tastefully<br />
selected. (2)<br />
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY<br />
1240 - L Feb. 12: 1/4 - O. J. Hodge, in a letter to Andrew Freeze, Esq.,<br />
superintendent of public schools, furnishes the latter, at his request,<br />
the stat istics of juveni Ie offenders arrainged before the publ ic court<br />
during the six months ending Feb. 1. There were 62 cases of minors, not<br />
exceeding 17 years of age, about one-third of whom had previously been<br />
in prison. Forty-five were charged with petit larceny; four with assaulting<br />
other children; vagrancy and intoxication, each two; grand larceny,<br />
prostitution and immoderate driving, each one; and one boy with assaulting<br />
his mother.<br />
"The statistics were made up with great care by the Police Clerk, Mr.<br />
Hodge, and plainly show the necessity for having in our city a House of<br />
Refuge, or Correction for these juvenile delinquents. The present system<br />
of punishment is shocking. Boys of twelve and fifteen years of age are<br />
thrown into jail, and there come into contact with old hardened offenders,<br />
and learn more wickedness in one day than they otherwise would, perhaps,<br />
in years."<br />
1241 - L May 21; ed:2/l - There are hundreds of boys in this city who<br />
swear with the fluency of pirates and as though they had been trained to<br />
use the worst sentences and implications in the English language.<br />
"As far as our knowledge extends, this reckless profanity is confined<br />
to boys who run wild all days of the week - wlJo never go within a school<br />
house, and therefore are beyond inculcations which might be of any avail ...<br />
When will we have a house of correction?" (4)<br />
1242 - L Aug. 7: 1/4 - Eight boys were fined $] and costs each yesterday<br />
for violating the ordinance against bathing. (1)<br />
1243 - L Aug. 12: 3/2 - Henry Leonard, 12, \',·ho was convicted for steal ing<br />
tea from a car, escaped from jail by crawling through a window and scaling<br />
a ten foot fence. (3)<br />
1244 - L Sept. 5: 1/5 - Two young boys were discharged yesterday of charges<br />
of stealing apples. (1)<br />
1245 - L Oct. 21: 3/2 - Four boys from ten to 13 years of age were fined<br />
$5 and costs each yesterday for stealiLg iron. (1)<br />
1246 - L Nov. 8:3/2 - A little girl of eight was sent to jail for five<br />
days yesterday for stealing. (1)<br />
145<br />
(8)
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