Allegheny County PA Archives History - Letters .....Meikle, Baughman, Smith, Cunningham & Mayhugh Will Not Enter Reform School 1865
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Letter from George Shiras to Managers of the House of Refuge, no date: I have 
examined the papers left with me by Mr. Ringwalt showing the return of Judge 
Hampton, in the case of Robert Meikle, Orhl? Baughman, Sarah Smith, Robert 
Cunningham, and William Mayhugh.  The power of the judge to revise the 
commitments and order the discharge of the infants (= minors)if he be 
dissatisfied with the regularity of the commitment or with the sufficiency of 
the evidence returned by the magistrate, is a very clear one, being conferred 
in plain terms by the Act of 1835. In the present instances, therefore, I see 
no other course open to the board than to discharge the infants in pursuance of 
Judge Hampton's order.
     So far as I have been able to examine the commitments and the accompanying 
evidence, I feel disposed to concur with the action of the Judge in the cases 
of Robert Cunningham and Sarah Smith; the other cases appear to me to have been 
properly disposed of by the presiding magistrate but, of course, the finding of 
the judge is final.

Additional Comments:
Notation on reverse: April (crossed out), 1865.  Robt. Cummingham, Wm. & Mary 
Mayhugh, R. Meikle, Sarah Smith, Orpby? Baughman

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