The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-04
WARNING |SSU[
REGARD|NG|
Juvenile Judge Brown
Open Letter to Mers
and Messenger Om
MUST CEASE SENDINGj
TO QUESTIONABLE ]
Information Is Sent 1
Violations of Law WI
Prosecuted, !

Judge Brown of the Juvcnlil
poses 10 put q stop TO n
on the part Of merchants and
Offices OF sending boys to bf
rePutc with packages or on
ness.
One Hundred Letters W
Yesterday 100 letters wc,l
which Will be forwarded 10 ii
and employers or messenzer
them that the sending of 81
tionable places Ia in yiolation7
that II the practice did nor st
en- ployers viii be prosecuted
The law upon the subjej
Under the provisions of
where merchants or others Al
places OF lll-repute the empI,|
prosecuted for contributing
llnquency of the minor. TbcI
tho letter follows.
Hore Is tho Lettd
Gontlcmen:-Our attention ha
20 a case OF two boys who yerI
OF the prominent dry goodn fIruI
10 deliver some parcels TO n ~
OF Ill reputo on Commercial strI
were detained some two hour
ment Of tho c, o. D. bill. uu1|
were expected TO make return II
Wc have mallod the employerr'
boys a letter OF tho same irnpo
We arc now addressing TO you A
who are known 70 US to employ |
advising them 6o We now ADJ
while tho law governing In caseI
not been enforced hoTatoforo I.
some reason. DO looked upon D.
Ing become practically n dead h
are determined that this no IL
truthfuly said. Tho law eovcl
cases VIII hereafter be rigidiy'
case you arc not familiar with 4
subject we quote below that 4
statute under which Wa Props
Section Of Law Is q
Section 6. Chapter H., Seal
seye: "A delinquent child ahe|
child Is yeors OF oge or uni&
knowingly Visits or enters al
pute shall be deemed A
lin9uent and shall be procccd>
ouch In the manner provided IN
Section OF the same oct 4
cases where any child shall ID
child OF Juvenile delinouent b
fined by Section 6 Of this act,
parents, legal e11ardinn or any
responsible for or by my act
causing or contributing 10 the A
such child shall be guilty Of
(Which means shall be subject 70
exceed 400 or 90 imprisonmens
six months or TO both such fine !
mentJ
Gives The Warnin
The language OF the stneute
and We can only undertake 70
this one time. From now on n
boys under rs years OF age deIjs
in diTeputnblc places on Conn
wc will be compelled to bring
court under charge OF delInQuen'
develops that they are sent II
employers. there Is but enc c1'
Us 70 pursue In the discharge q
duty, and TINT Will be to pro
quency OF child. and. II pro
Is AlAtl at'NN VIII bf llbiott -
Must Use Adult Mess
II In tho regular course OF buf
ploysr must send parcels 10 hon
puto. 10 avoid this law being e1f
thom. Il will be necessary thar
be sent by an adult messenger.
We should regret 10 have 10 tnI
surcs TO enforce this law. We ~
where Information reaches Us ~
being violated. without hesitnr
TO any one. We believe, hovevc
the reputable merchants under1[
purpose Of this court IL to enfY<
they Will gladly so arrange their
tenn as 10 make II UNNECESSARY
TO frequent any one Of the<7
places: but. they Will rather
adult person as delivery man %
this part OF their business. 10
lieving that we Will have heart>
ut your hands In all our efforts
children Of this city against AZ
temptations that can be avoided.
respectfully,
SALT LAKE JUVESII