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The Daily Dispatch: February 2, 1864., [Electronic resource], Confederate States Congress. (search)
nsible --The practice of bringing before the Mayor of this city mere children for charges of petty thefts, &c., is one which should merit censure from the legal authorities and our citizens generally. Yesterday morning two little boys, named Richard Conen and Morgan Burns, of respectable appearance and demeanor, one of whom was only seven years of age, and the other about nine, were arraigned on the complaint Thos. H. Owens of stealing from his residence a gold watch a few days since. Owens's testimony threw strong suspicion on the accused; but every one who witnessed the distress of these children, and heard their protestations against any intent to commit a wrong, as well as denial of the charge, entertained only one opinion, and that was, that parental jurisdiction and punishment was the most proper tribunal to have carried the case, and not a Court of Justice, which is only intended for the most hardened criminals, whose age and experience should teach them the magnitude of