When was it published?

August 29, 1845 in New Hampshire Statesman And State Journal

Domestic News August 29, 1845

New Hampshire Statesman And State Journal

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Juvenile Crime, Boston Trial, Young Incendiaries, Bowling Alleys, Child Smoking, Locofoco Matches

Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire

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At the Boston trial of young incendiaries last week, evidence revealed late-night habits of children under nine employed in bowling alleys, smoking, gaming, and wandering streets, with parents sometimes locking them out. A dock near Fort Hill was a gathering spot for boys smoking with matches. Court records showed over double the juvenile criminals in the past year compared to previous years.

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Nurseries of Crime. At the trial of the young incendiaries at Boston, last week, the court and jury were surprised by some of the evidence, of the very late hours and the habits of many small children. It appeared that boys under nine years were numerously employed in the bowling alleys scattered all over the city, to set up the pins in the evening, and after learning to smoke cigars, game, &c., were dismissed a little before midnight, and were found by the watchmen strolling the streets, and some of them scandalously fastened out by their parents. This lad obtained his matches at a dock near Fort Hill, where a hundred small boys congregate every day to go in swimming, and a very large proportion of them were daily seen smoking there, lighting their cigars with locofoco matches. It was mentioned in court, as a lamentable fact, that the records of the criminal courts in Boston during the last year show more than double the number of juvenile criminals than could be found in any preceding year.

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Crime Legal Or Court

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Juvenile Crime Boston Trial Young Incendiaries Bowling Alleys Child Smoking Locofoco Matches

Where did it happen?

Boston

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Boston

Event Date

Last Week

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records of the criminal courts in boston during the last year show more than double the number of juvenile criminals than could be found in any preceding year

Event Details

At the trial of the young incendiaries at Boston, last week, the court and jury were surprised by some of the evidence, of the very late hours and the habits of many small children. It appeared that boys under nine years were numerously employed in the bowling alleys scattered all over the city, to set up the pins in the evening, and after learning to smoke cigars, game, &c., were dismissed a little before midnight, and were found by the watchmen strolling the streets, and some of them scandalously fastened out by their parents. This lad obtained his matches at a dock near Fort Hill, where a hundred small boys congregate every day to go in swimming, and a very large proportion of them were daily seen smoking there, lighting their cigars with locofoco matches. It was mentioned in court, as a lamentable fact