Did unruliness as an inmate result in his doing more time? Unlikely. His discharge by ‘order of court’ suggests he was court monitored. Alternate theory: He was unruly on the farm, a winter stay behind bars might have been aimed at making him mend his ways in time for spring planting.
In 1888, Fred Stone, 14, Canadian whose occupation was listed as a ‘miner’ (not minor) served 10 days for petit larceny.
1911 Pa. boy miners photo by National Child Labor Committee evolved in 1904 from a NY group begun in 1902.
Did the 13-year-old’s unruliness as an inmate result in his doing more than double his sentence time? Unlikely.
His discharge by “order of court” suggests he was court monitored.  That suggests an alternate theory: He may have been unruly on the farm, perhaps the family’s farm. Could  the both the family and the court considered an indeter-minate winter stay behind bars might make him mend his ways and still get him out in time for spring planting?
 Consider that in 1888, Fred Stone, 14, a Canadian whose occupation was listed as a “miner” (not minor), served just 10 days for petit larceny.

The above 1911 Pa. boy miners photo was taken by National Child Labor Committee that evolved in 1904 from a NY group begun in 1902.