This article revisits the 1839 Pennsylvania Supreme Court case Ex parte Crouse in light of new historical information. While most legal scholars and historians have analyzed Ex parte Crouse with the assumption that Mary Ann Crouse was sent to the Philadelphia House of Refuge without committing any crime, a search at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania revealed the existence of Crouse's admission record detailing how she had killed a two-year-old child. This finding undermines the extensive conclusions that scholars have drawn about the case's significance and highlights the importance of archival work in legal studies.

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面对伊丽莎白·吉勒姆的鬼魂：对单方克劳斯的新看法 (1839)

本文根据新的历史信息重新审视 1839 年宾夕法尼亚州最高法院的单方克劳斯案。虽然大多数法律学者和历史学家在分析单方面克劳斯时都假设玛丽·安·克劳斯在没有犯下任何罪行的情况下被送往费城避难所，但对宾夕法尼亚州历史学会的一项搜索显示，克劳斯的入院记录的存在，详细说明了她是如何被送往费城避难所的。杀死了一名两岁的孩子。这一发现推翻了学者们就该案重要性得出的广泛结论，并凸显了档案工作在法律研究中的重要性。