Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-06
Reviews Work Of Juvenile Court
And Points Out How Uuruly
Boys Are Reformed.
MORRIS DETENTION SCHOOL.
Contends That State Should Spend
Sore Money to Rescue Dslnqueuts
From Their WaywardnesS

westinghouse on arid Citizenship"
in the course Of his remarks the Judge
said;
ia am address at the National Con.
ference Of Charities and Corrections
held recently at Portland. Oregon
Judge T. d. Hurley of Chicago one OF
the pioneers I'm the field of Juvenile law
made this statement.
"It is generally understood and ac-
Cpptod as true that the juvenile court
a. such, Is "a distinct aud separate
court, Such however. is not the case
# is simply a branch Of the circuit
court The chancery side OF this court
had all of the jurisdiction that was
conferred upon it by the juvenile court
law before the latter was enacted. The
juvenile court deals with the person
of the child, only leaving the property
10 De cared for by some other court"
I'm the juvenile courts of other cities
we have q juvenile law administered bv
other courts so that real Juvenile
court as distinct from % district or
county court does not exist but for
sake of convenience the day such court
hears childrens cases IL is called the
juvenile division of juvenile court. jim
Milwaukee this juvenile day or court
rs administered by the district court.
boz Cleveland by the probate court. ina
Denver by the county court, In Seattle
by the superior court and I'm Atlanta bv
the city court You win therefore see
that Judge Hurley rs correct in his ex-
PLANTATION that Juvenile court Is moi
really % court, but a department of
some other court, an incident Of some
other court rather than court itself.
UTAH STANDS ALONE.
The states of Utah and Indiana and
The city of Atlanta have the distinc-
lions OF having legally constituted sep
aru,e courts designated as juvenile
courts. and Utah is the only one of
these that has as Professor Heuler-
son VI the Chicago University says.
"sl0Jghed off the criminal court pro-
oedurt and established a Chancery
court or court Of equity from an edu-
cauonal rather than "a criminal stand
point.
All juvenile deln1ucnt law declares
that a child under a certain age is not
a criminal when some misdemeanor IS
committed by that child but that *
misdirected ana misguided, aud needs
not punishment for criminal act, but
help and encouragement with the state,
as represented by the juvenile court,
acting as parent of that child, For the
sake of classification we call our law
q delinquent law different from crime
ira law.
A man violates the city ordinance by
fighting IN the public street. lie is
arrested and Is proceeded against as
criminal and criminal law procedure
obtains IN his case. A boy violates the
city ordinance by not obeying the cur
few whistle he IL on the street at half
past Q when he should be In his home.
We apply delinquent law In his case
and do not arrest the boy under "a Grim
NAL charge as we do the man. In this
matter Utah is FAR ahead Of other Iu-
lenile courts in that declaring a boy
@ delinquent, we administer his case in
r delinquent court and do not handle a
delinquent boy IN criminal court or
in q division OF any court organized for
the settlement of adult cases.
HOW BOYS ARE HANDLED.
IN the juvenile court with the delin-
Qucnt law, the judge seeks to handle
the unfortunate boy In the same man
ner that the proper father would set
lie the case Of his own boy In the home.
The majesty Of the law is not one
should not be invoked until the ma
jesty OF citizenship Is attained. At
tempt not to call an immature child a
citizen untll God IN His infinite plans
for the development OF His supreme
creation says, This is a man.
Utah therefore has recognized that
this state must be parent to many of
its little ones, protecting them and
guiding them to honored citizenship.
Those who need this merciful law ANA
ihe states fostering care can only he
determined by their actions, and such
actions we do not call crimes, but de-
lnquapcios, which is only another
name for faults and mistakes Would
ihat we might even apply this term
10 many of the unfortunate mistakes
of mon and who have been tempted
more than We
10 may interest you to know that
ol all The western states. Utah has q
less proportion Of persons IN deten-
ton in penal ana reform institutions.
California has incarcerated one adult
Tor every $50 and one juvenile for eve
ny $3.50 persons, oregon one adult for
every l,O6l, aud one juvenile for every
Ihl1 persons; Colorado, one adult for
every ESQ, one juvenile FOR every 1857
persons, Utah, one adult for every l,54L
on juvenile for every 1888 persons
II Us generally conceded that there
ls more lawlessness I'm the western
states than IN those Of the east or mid
dle pastoral states, but even IN some Of
ihesa containing the largest cities, Utah
has ihg advantage.
II ~ far better TO increase the num-
Der of boys and girls In these industrial
schools and decrease the number OF
men and women IN penal institutions
MAN TO neglect the childhood Of the
STATE and 70 reap a criminal manhood,
WORK OF JUVENILE COURT
100 the matter of Juveniles during the
l'I six months Of our Salt Lake City
juvenile court we have sent 10 TO the
industrial school This is more I'm six
months than had been sent IN the two
tiIs previous from the same district
IlI5 has not been because Of the lack
oI interest In the enforcement OF law
lrtllniug to children but because I'm
lhe convictions necessary The child
must he convicted I'm criminal court Of
crime, the same procedure governing
n''h The child charged with stealing
ONE dozen lead pencils and the man
.alEed with the robbery Of the First
nauonal bank. or the hold-up Of a
THE NORRIS SCHOOL
-Four weeks ago we established In