The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1859-01-25

nual report was 80; Number received from
Nov. 18th, 1857, to Noy. 18th, 1858, il
"a; Number in the House during the year
90; Number disposed of in various ways
s.; Leaving in the House Nov. 18th, 1883
SO.
They were received as follows: From
Wayne county, 6; Washtenaw, 8, Ottaws
8 Lenawee, q; Ingham, l; Calhoun,
Shiawassee, /; Jackson, /; Hilsdale,
Cass, /; Oakland, L; Livingston, l; La
peer, l; Macomb, Total, "a.
Of whom were sent by Justices Of the
Peace, IS; BY Circuit Courts, o; BY Re
corder's Court Of Detroit, 2-Total "a.
The ages of the boys received during the
year, were as follows:
Eleven years old, Q; Twelve 2; Thir.
teen 2; Fourteen 8; Fifteen lS; Nineteen
Total "a.
Their average ago is fourteen and ono
half years nearly.
Their parcntago is as follows:
American o; Canadian 4; Irish 2; Ger
man 2; Colored 3; Hollander 2; Unknown
2-Total "a.
There were born in tho United States
IA; in Foreign countries, O; Unknown, l.
The offences for which they were CON-
mittcd, were rs follows:
Larceny, 90; Assault, 2; Burglary and
Larceny, 1; Obtaining money on false pre-
tenccs, l.
Their domestic condition was as follows
Had lost their fathers l; do, their moth.
ers, 8; do, both parents, 8; Both parents
living, IL; committed their offences while
living at home, IL; do, do, away from
home, IL,
Of the twenty-four boys received during
the year, seventeen had been in Jail but
once, three twice, one three times and one
ten times. One had broken out of Jail
twice, and one had escaped from the Chi
cago Reform School.
Five inmates left the Institution during
the year: Two were pardoned by tho Gov
ernor; two girls wcre indentured to citi-
zens of Lansing, and one boy escaped.
A brief notice of each of the boys re-
ceivcd during the year is subjoined, for the
purpose of showing the great variety of
character existing among them, and the Pc
culiar circumstances under which young
persons are most frequently led to the COM
mission Of crime:
/. The first was German boy, intclli-
gent and sensible. Having hired to a
butcher he stole money from his employer
while the latter was intoxicated.
2. A boy eleven years old, an orphan,
almost without relatives, and without home
and employment; he was sentenced for
stealing horse.
8. A colored boy, thirteen years old, a
great thief, very sly in stealing old iron,
provisions, &c. He has been in prison sew
eral times.
4. A foreign boy, about sixteen years
old, we'll educated Of respectable parentagc,
and good scholar. He was never accused
Of any dishonesty, but was sent for an as
sault while intoxicated.
s. A roguish boy, rather sensible, with
no father living. He ran away from home
and was brought up for stealing from a
dwelling house, whore they kept him over
night as a matter Of charity.
6. A young man of nineteen, certified
by the Court to be under sixteen years Of
age, in order to save him from the State
Prison, where he properly belongs. While
intoxicated, he was concerned with others
in stealing a cow.
7. Is fifteen years old, son of widow
woman; is q sober, steady, decent boy,
now learning the tailors trade in the
House. His mother has visited him, and
objects to his liberation, because more lie
done for his improvement hero than she
herself could do.
8. Is fourteen years old and has been
abroad on the lakes in bad company. His
abilities are very good, and he is capable
of becoming a useful man; both his parents
are very Incorporate.
0. This boy has been brought up with
out mother, has had no care bestowed
on him, but has done as he pleased, and
associated with bad company. His father
is foreigner and laborer, and cannot
speak English at all.
10, Is fourteen years old, of French do
scent, avery good-natured boy, intelligent,
apparently harmless, is teachable, and can
make good citizen. He has had no cul.
tivatioH.
IL. Is one year older, and, by his own
account, quito experienced in crime. Hav-
ing run away from his parents, he has been
in Jail nine times, in four different States,
and also escaped from the Chicago Reform
School.
IL. Is fifteen years old. He had no
father living; left his mother, and after
wandering about four months, was brought
up for stealing gun.
13. Is colorod boy, jet black, with a
frank, open countenance. He saws he was
born in Virginia. Being at work away from
home, ho was persuaded by q colored man
to steal horse, with view of selling him,
and dividing the profits between them.
IA, A we'll dressed, good-looking boy of
fifteen, decent in his appearance, and toler-
ably we'll educated. He has father and
mother who are respectable, but the boy
was greatly given to pilfering, and was
rather a fast boy.
Is. Is twelvo years old, and born in Bos'
ton. His first recolectIons are about hav-
ing been in Jail with his mother innumera-
bic times, she having been arrested in that
city, aboat every week, for Drunkenness
and put into dark room below, while the
boy was suffered to run at largo in room