The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-12-04
COnViCts aIfhc I'pnIIcntiaTy.

tFroin the Ohio State Journa'
STATIsTTcS N respect to crimo are
always interesting. When a man
makes himself noirious hy violating
the law Of right aud the laws Of his
State inquiries are instantly made
hy the outraged pnbl,c. ~ to his
early life. All leslrc to krOw wheth-
cr, when u boy, be- paid attention to
the instruction ofrclcious parents
whether h" WIS an Attendant upon
| The Shbuath school, whether hc gave
heed to the LESSONS taught in the
public school or whether these
privileges were neglected. Every
step hy which the once innocent
boy became the hardened criminal
~ eagerly sought after This is as It
should be. II the parents secs that
Nc criminal dates his downfall from
, he neglect "i religious OF cducatiS
onul advantages ho will use wise
and prudent mcansto make his child
appreciate them. II tho paren, kno-
~ that the criminal attributes HE
crime tn the first glass OF liquor, his
Efforts to keep lIs own shild from
entering upon the same path will
b. more vigilant.
We have been nhlc TO Gather some
statistics IN reference " the four
hundred AMI tw.rty five convicts
rrcclvod ut The Dino Pcnitentiary
during III" year ending October 3lst.
1851. which cannot be entirely
un'ulctrsIing to those who wish to
Know how criminals nrc made
such.
Out Of this number, two wcro IN
! Irr the age ul f't"," ycnrs, twenty.
five between The ages oi fifteen and
7 igh,,'n. eighty threo between
, eighteen and twenty -onc. TWO hun
/ dr,i ana seven between twcnty.uuc
"ndt'GrN ilhy cipht belwcen thirty
aud forty, twcnty.oight between
forty aud fifty, and twenty-five over
fhy.
Nnuy-siN hnv" neither father
NO, Wolhcr living F,ny are moth.
,iicsN, and one hundred and ionr
4 'aihrricss Both parents of one hun.
,!rcd and iI'ly elgh' are living. Fiji
Nr"y were let. 10 their own con
Droi b,i0re twelve years of age one
hnndrcd and twenty bcfrrc sixteen;
and one hundred and sixty. three;
before twenty one Seventeen ran
away froiu home before twelve. years
of age; ioriy-slx before twenty
one.
Two huudrad and seventy seven
we've IRREGULAR attendants upor tho
3 SABBATH School while only fifteen
were regular dttrndrnta. One hun
( bred aud srvcnty-thrcc were iom.
rcrr,c m"n. ono hundred and SIX
incorporate. and ono hundred and
forty moderate drinkers. The par.
cnts of two hundred and seventy
nilc both rclig'ods, aud of iiny:onc
both irrcligiOnS Of two tho father
neligi"us aud mother, not and oi
4 .hIty seven mother religious and
father not
Thiec hundred and sevenlysone
ot these pcrsons are wntc, and fifty
four black. Ohc hundred and sixty
were born in ONO; ono hundred
ant seven, y.onc in other States and
, nn'iy>iuur in iorrIgh countries
Three hundred and cighty-iive
: were convicted for the first time
d tNtFtl l~Hlno TOT thc huCoHu elEht
for the third, two for the ilfth, and
one for the sixth.
Two hundred and ninty-flve had
never learned II trade slxty.siX had
served mIl apprenticeship, and
srX'y.onc part ut term.
One hundred and thirty are mar
ricd uud two hundrei aud soAcntv.
four unmarried, One hundred and
tour have children, and there are
two hundred and titty-sevcn chill
drcn whose fathers or mothers are
in the prison,
Filty.srvcn Of the prisoners who
urricvcd during The year claim they
ARE innocent. One hundred and
seventy ussing bad company us the
c.Usc ~ tLcir crime, ninety-two inc
trmr0rhrcr, mn, domestic difficulty
twenty seven sudden prUv0cation
srv, nlvcu ignorance, twenty siN
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