Allegheny County PA Archives History .....Commitment Of William Doran To Reform School February 10, 1900
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Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny County, Session of December 1899.  
Indictment of larceny and receiving stolen goods brought against William Doran 
on Jan. 30, 1900.  Defendant pleaded not guilty on Feb. 6, 1900.  Tried by jury 
and found guilty on Feb. 10, 1900.  Sentenced to Pennsylvania Reform School 
until he attain age of 21 years.
   





Additional Comments:
Notes made at time of the boy's arrival at Pennsylvania Reform School, Morganza:
  William Doran, No. 5848.  Parents living in West End, Pittsburg, Pa.  Father 
William Doran a mill worker.  Sent here for receiving money from a darkey who 
had stolen it from the telephone machine at B. & O. Depot.  
   Description: height 4' 9 1/2"; weight 85 pounds.  Brown hair, blue eyes, 
medium complexion, pug nose & some freckled.  Cross (pink) and initials in 
black W.D. in India ink on left forearm.  Spot near base of thumb right hand.  
One vaccine mark on left arm.
   Age 13 (no birth date given); received Feb. 13, 1900.  Born in Penna. of 
Irish parentage.  Catholic.  Neither parent intemperate; parents do not own 
property.  3 older brothers, 3 older sisters, 2 younger sisters.  Illiterate.  
Swears, lies, steals.  Does not use tobacco, is not intemperate.  Has not been 
arrested before.

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