[9] Sunday being a day of rest and the mills and factories closed, the
children ran the streets and spent the day in mischief and vice
[9] Sunday being a day of rest and the mills and factories closed, the
children ran the streets and spent the day in mischief and vice. In the
agricultural districts of England farmers were forced to take special
precautions on Sundays to protect their places and crops from the
depredations of juvenile offenders.