The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-11
JUVENILE
OEL|NQUENTS
Judge Whitney Reports
Upon the Laws
Operations.

1905, which went into effect on April
! 10, 1905. 1t runs as follows:
Under the provisions of that Act,
| circuit judges and district magistrates
| were empowered to appoint probation
| officers and TO put into their case such
| Juvenile offenders against the laws of
| the Territory as they might deem 1t
| wise so to do. These officers. serving
| without pay or remuneration of any
sort, We're 10 report to the judge or
! magistrate appointing them at such
| times as directed and We're to look aft
er and keep track of the juveniles in
| trusted to their care. Upon the ex-
| piration of the time of probation of
such juvenile, the officer in charge was
| to report to the judge or magistrate
| and make such suggestions as were by
| the officer deemed advisable as to the
| further disposition of the case.
I'm accordance with this Act, the
| District Magistrate of Honolulu, on
i April "a, 1905, appointed as probation
officers the following: Father stephen
AIlencaster, P. w. Ryder, Rev. E. B.
Turner.
"Since that date the following have
from time to time been appointed: Mrs.
James, Hon. Lyle A. Dickey, Chas. r.
Hemenway, Esq, James H. Boyd, j.
A. Rath.
The magistrate having met and
discussed methods with his officers,
certain forms for the better handling
of the work We're agreed upon and the
same printed at the expense OF the
District Magistrate, Father Stephen
contributing thereto. Copies of these
forms are hereto attached, marked Elk
hibits A, B. c and D.
Exhibit A entitled Principals Petit
ton is designed solely for the use Of
teachers and principals of our public
schools and such private schools as
may desire to take advantage of the
use thereof. Although intended prima-
rily as report on the offense of tru-
ancy, it is not limited thereto, as will |
be seen by said blank. The petition |
is purposed to give the magistrate |
sufficient information to thoroughly ap-
prise him of the school conditions sur
rounding the juvenile.
Exhibit B contains in brief the in
structions issued by this magistrate
to his officers in regard to the care,
custody and reporting of the juvenile
or juveniles intrusted to his care and
contains a brief statement of the aims
of this Act as this magistrate con-
ceives the same to be. A copy OF
these instructions is furnished to each
officer upon his appointment.
Exhibit c is the form of report
sent by the teacher or employer OF
the Juvenile, by the hand of such
juvenile, to the probation officer every
two weeks during the term of such
probat ton. This blank is primarily to
aid the probation officer in his report
to the magistrate.
Exhibit D is the form of report
by the officer to the court ana Is
to contain all the Informal
ton necessary to the final disposition
Of the case by the magistrate 1t VIII
be seen by this report that the oH1cef
is not only required to give attention
to the Juveniles school attendance or
his faithfulness at work, but is also
to apprise himself of the conditions I
his charge, his home ana ,
MS parents. Since the new Act came
into effect, we have had 81 juvenile
cases under our cognizances These
nave been under the following charges: I
Larceny, IA: truancy, 10: disobedl- I
ence, s: gambling, 6; idle and dissolute' 9
); assault and battery, 2; arson, l. ,
malicious injury, 1; total, 81. These are
divided by nationality as follows:
Hawaiian, IS; English and Amer
can, 2: American negro 3; Portu- d
gUese. "A; Chinese, 4; total, 81. The
disposition has been made
# these cases:
Appealed, 2; discharged. 3; left
ountry. 8; committed, 10; admitted to
SO: total, 81. 1
RESULTS OBTAINED.
"Of these 33 cases where the Offend
T was admitted to probation. have