In re Lorkowski
Missouri Court of Appeals
Original Habeas Corpus Proceeding. The St. Louis House of Refuge Act is found in Revised Statutes 1899, pages 2553, et seq. This act shows that the house of refuge is not a penal institution but an eleemosynary institution provided by law for the care and protection of infants; it shows further that there is no provision authorizing the imprisonment of any one in this institution for crime.
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Original Habeas Corpus Proceeding. The St. Louis House of Refuge Act is found in Revised Statutes 1899, pages 2553, et seq. This act shows that the house of refuge is not a penal institution but an eleemosynary institution provided by law for the care and protection of infants; it shows further that there is no provision authorizing the imprisonment of any one in this institution for crime. Section 3 of this act specifies the circumstances under which, and the. authorities by whom, infants may be sent to this institution. Section 1 provides for the placing of infants in this institution by…
1Concurrence
Concurring Opinion.
GOODE, J.
We are to distinguish in this case between the two purposes for which the house of refuge in the city of St. Louis may be used, according to the act creating it, namely:
First. To reclaim neglected, vicious or abandoned children from a bad life or evil influences.
Second. For the confinement of males under sixteen years of age, and females under'fourteen years, who have been *633convicted of some offense for which they might be imprisoned in the workhouse or county jail, in which cases, in the discretion of the court imposing the sentence, they may be placed in the house…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People ex rel. Bradley v. Illinois State ReformatoryIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- In re JilzMissouri Court of Appeals · 1877
- State v. BuchardtSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
- Ex parte ThomasMissouri Court of Appeals · 1881