, 1870-12-01
TIE REFORM SCHOOL,
Decision OF the Supreme Court.
Children Not Convicted Of Crime Can
not be Legally Held.

Afev dsys a.,, tha tr,eer,nh snno,n... .,
eahe, rrocsea,nr. ~ ~. e.,s.,... C.s1. 1uuH .I
o1aee, tnat one Daniel OConnel1, lad confined in
the Reform School, We ordered 70 be DISCHARGED.
under yr1s OF habeat nornt,. sned on+ a,r,nc ~
sesttnn or ttn cnrrt hsI1 n r-ntr.,o M. -
ea'.,n sess.uu y. -. soats ne,a N tn1eaeo Ihe pro-
eesuta aoo us result nas a lar greater slgnin-
cameo than the mere discharge OF this lad from
sWe4 70 te fooxna q sse an
tecds ut Of the ustrtioi hi tie last renoft nf th
csntt.Ts ~ as1op, \. .,,..h,n1 uua.a'ans ms,
petent palynt ii te SoK NE e. aa 4 ins
nd d: ma. ss
b . eonatlaed- ''''>'' - S'''''@' ~As'
Vhat II might Be answered By proper oflcert 4
ss5sq 4tsns Mae nna an hs
and atats the lar. ''@
fea1s age, the Hon. John II. Wilson, presiding
ena o sqs9 %
tod, Il he Rsfosm School 10 inTssssed e cua tas
e9a ~ i ,sa es1s it, t"e
guilty. nf lelany, he could moi uutItr the moi,
i1w Be punished, bJ Teason Of his Tnnt az ane
aud knowledge; and, secondly, Tha1 Is Tie
counninr i,o for t6.rtrsn vesrs II tnraaniat4 ~
se1v.tude, term longer thsu JurT Tnnjd or1iI-
tint dsc,sion. tae homo, ebie J1dze ststed: .Itis
rot for every peccadllo that Al ian: ia TO be tom
from ifs psfei1ta 10 he rlyeu Over 10 the cuetodv
ne fcctinf al 1sIre eaisrise TO IA wrrrSnted hy
ne sQns snd os,i iutn tfe fsrv TrrN snty
from nc childs laoot.r
School are NOT inirtq1entiy pooT: they avoid law
lie epitva,ioa an @ ios. of ,Sep lila n ons9 9hee b
lhe thip9 maj Il Ia ri9it: nnt occastonaIfY AZ
other soft Of case aI1ses One suca Wsnt hefo1
Judge McaillsteT, taen o1 ths nscoraer;s Court
FT1ulp, That the Reform School Is, in fact and
Ia lav, plsce Of involuntary confinement and
thus prison.
Of eaiorsed se!7it1ds. @ a'''' - - A1'0 > pss'
Thirdly That, being such, the act Of copdotug
boys therein, the boyA not haviug been charged
iawinis ; '~ '' ''41 s'-''~''1 ~ eA''Ne' - oD'
In future cases arising under like atatc Of fAcs,
The Reform School tolss, when w1it was served
tius saved Valuable time Of he people. But
new deelaon came a cause was heard before
Judge Ko3ets, Of the Circuit Court. By sone
ss H. ssea n e sof s as
cited upon by his. predecessor. He held the
aaIsG 70 e anu At every point
The case Of O'ronneii was then brought into the
een SrpGe nnon nun mann.c1nt h,efs \. Srea es
cdcd- bv he ,.tsch arve al tbe nItsnner thcrehv
sustsiniHr Il the on,nion Of JuIre Msailister ~
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non,t was shosn sas 1e;stnr Thsf fhc u9nqn I'm
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