Henry Leonard Stephenson was convicted of breaking into houses and sentenced to two months in prison in 1873, when he was 12 years old.
James Donneley had already been in and out of prison by the time he was 16 years old, when he got busted for stealing shirts.
Jane Farrell, 12, stole two boots and got 10 days of hard labor.
John Reed was 15 in 1873, when he was sentenced to 14 days of hard labor and 5 years of "reformation" for stealing money.
Mary Catherine Docherty, 14, was convicted of stealing iron along with three child accomplices, and got 7 days hard labor.
Mary Hinnigan, 13, had to do 7 days of hard labor after she was caught stealing iron with her friends.
Rosanna Watson was convicted of stealing iron with three other girls and sentenced to 7 days of hard labor when she was 13.
Ellen Woodman, 11, was sentenced to 7 days of hard labor after stealing iron with three other little girls.
Richard Rimmington, 15, got two weeks hard labor for stealing a pipe. He didn't have to serve his sentence because his parents paid a fine.
Isabella Hindmarch, 16, was convicted of stealing money and was sentenced to one month hard labor.
Henry Miller, 14, was charged with stealing clothes and got two weeks of hard labor.
Isabella Dodds, 17, was sentenced to four months in jail for stealing a gold watch.
John Duffy, 16, got 6 months in prison for assault.
Catherine Kelly, 17, was found guilty of stealing bed linen and got three months in jail.
Michael Clement Fisher, 13, got two months in prison for breaking into houses.
Robert Charlton, 16, was imprisoned for four months for stealing two pairs of boots.
Margaret Cosh was 15 when she got arrested for stealing a coat. She got two months of hard labor despite not having any prior convictions.
James Scullion, 13, was sentenced to two weeks of hard labor for stealing clothes. He was then sent to reform school for three years.
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