A 13-year-old trish orphan boy was faneed in Lowell,
Mass., in 1837 for arson (sometime prior to July). He
and a 10-year-old boy were charged but the latter was
acquitted.
NEW ORLEANS PICAYUNE, New Orleans, La., July , 1837
"PatBick Monahan, thirteen, of Lowell, Massa-
Chusetts, sentenced to be hanged for burning
neighbor's house. Townswmen reconsidered,
commute sentence to life imprisonment,"
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A 13-year-old Irish alah bor tae heneen in Lowell,
Mass., in 1837 for arson (sometime prior to July). He
and a 10-year-old boy were charged but the latter was
acquitted.
NEW ORLEANS PICAYUNE, New Orleans, La., July 4, 1837
"PatBick Monahan, thirteen, of Lowell, Massa-
chusetts, sentenced to be hanged for burning
neighbor's house. Townswmen reconsidered,
commute sentence to life imprisonment."
OFFICIAL DETECTI VE S TORIES, July 1, 19S 7, co
40,
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4 13-year-old Irish orphan boy was hanged in Lowell,
Mass., in 1637 for arson (sometime prior to July), He
and a 10-year-old boy were charged but the latter was
acquitted.
NEW ORLEANS PICAYUNE, New Orleans, La., July 4, 1837
"Patrick Monahan, thirteen, of Lowe
chusetts, sentenc
neighbor's house.
commute sentence to life impriso:
OFFICIAL DETECTI VE 5 TORIES, July 1, 1937, p
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