[PW] 19th cent. court case?/

[AllenAmet at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/19/2008 6:25:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
suekamm at mindspring.com writes:

Allen, I  don't know what part of the world you're in, but if you have
access to a  comprehensive law library (a law school, county law library),
their staff  may be able to help.  I don't know if Lexis has digitized case
law  back that far, but if I recall from my days as a law librarian  (shortly
after the invention of moveable type <g>) there's a print  source (decennial
digests?) that might have the information you're looking  for.


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Thanks for this additional idea. Apparently the SPCC was at the cutting  edge 
(legally) in 1875, with their actions against Walla Leonard. They did issue  
Annual Reports so I may have to find their First Volume (1876) which 
referenced  this curious case. We believe that the "Prince Leo" (such named child 
acrobat  No. 1) became the famous balloonist. The second child, at the Tivoli 
Garden  Theatre in NYC, faded into obscurity.
 
  I am also told that Philadelphia may possess archival records of  
apprenticeships/indentures from that time period (1875), and Walla Leonard (aka  
Wallington Husband) apparently filed one for his first 'Prince Leo.' That would  be 
a great find.
 
Allen
 



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