[PW] 19th cent. court case?

[AllenAmet at aol.com]

Hi,
 
  Does anyone on the List have access to that digitized database  (Lexis?) of 
old court cases?
 
  This one in question dates from 1875-1876, and occurred in New York  State. 
I think it was one of the first such cases filed by the Society for the  
Prevention of Cruelty to Children (SPCC); it was listed, apparently, in their  
First Annual Report.
 
  It involved a child acrobat named "Prince Leo" and the case was  prosecuted 
by them against a trapeze artist named Walla Leonard (aka  Wallington 
Husband). The child (7 years old?) had been performing at  the Tivoli Theatre in NYC, 
and there were complaints about the boy's  mistreatment (following an earlier 
'Prince Leo' in Philadelphia). It would be  very helpful to see if the 
Defendant's words were preserved in some way. There  was a 2001 article on this 
landmark case and it may have contained the case  citations ('New York's 1876 Act 
to  Prevent and Punish Wrongs to Children').
 
Thanks.

Allen
 



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