New-York tribune., 1908-07-28
CHILDREN AT THE BAR
Busy Day for Judge Hyatt at
JugeniIe Court.

Thin and small and coarless. he stood up oeioie
Judge Wyatt He not much to look at was
Isadore but such as he he vas breadwinner
for a family of nine 1t was while he was endeav-
oring to meet this responsibility that policeman
arrested him for peddling candy without a license
and here he was in the Children's Court
.sUbat did you peddIe for. Isadore?" inquired the
judge.
Money said Isadore, succlncuy- am s
no work
..what did you work at when you had placer
Butchers boy
why did you stop that?"
Sore leg said Isadore, who wasted no Words-
Isadore testified that his father had no work ana
his mother had no work and there were six other
children all living at home
Call the mother" said Judge Wyatt.
The mother was anemtc-in body and MIND 100
She said her husband waited when he worked
but he had had no work for six months. and now
he was sick in bed
Sick or lazy?" demanded Judge Wyatt Not
lazy? Well then, what's the matter with him?
You don't know? Haven't you had doctor?
What's that? No money for one? There are free
doctors. aren't there?
Now 1 don't believe your husbands sick. L
believe he'd rather that he and you and the six
children lived the earnings of this boy than
that he should go out to work OF course, If ne
really is sick it's pretty hard lines. But Isadore
mustn't peddle Mind that! Discharged
The next case was small boy who. the judge
put it. tried how far he could throw stone
and broke window" Discharged too. with an
admoniton not TO do it again, were some boys
caught "scrappng" the subway.
A girl was the next-Julia Spence. Julta's lot IN
life vas a pleasant Her father, il ap-
peared, had gone away without mentioning his
destination and left Julia the tender mercies Of
a stepmother. Julia taken up the street
and brought in as homeless and she looked the
part, though 1t evident that she had made the
most careful toilet she could to court. No
one could doubt that the child had washed in
places, because the places where she had not
washed looked different.
Rocco Sontolo. a mite of a boy. another ped
ling case He knew quite well why he peddled-
The only shoes he had girls shoes. and he
wanted boys shoes; he got some to stake
hi few sticks of gum. and he made 81 cents
before he stopped.
Rocco's sister came to testify in her best Merry
Widow" hat with a white plume on it. She said
Rocco had shoes.
But they're girls Shoes Judge Wyatt. who
knows boys. reminded her Rocco is ambitious
I say that but he mustn't peddle. Eighteenth
street and Sixth avenue, where he taken. is a
dangerous place, too; he might be run over. Take
him home. and don't let him peddle.''
Then a mite of boy. arrested for jumping
on streetcars, who said his name was Macarthur"
We'll. MIR McArthur,'' said the judge. leaning
over. what have you to say for yourself?'
Mr. McArthur's' baby face worked piteously as
he explained. amid tears, that his mother
working somewhere, and he wanted TO go where
she was. and he hadn't any money so he stole a
ride He discharged with warning that
little boys who jumped cars sometimes got
their legs cut off.
Solomon Winkler. very tall child was fined
So for shooting craps and for saying that he
didn't Next came Henry Benson. OF the in
Vulnerable victims Of the mill that is grinding
material for the courts Henrys father sharp
faced and coarless citizen, said Henry al
ways running away. and he didn't know why He
always hit Henry when he came back Henry
quite clear why he away. II because
his father hit him He said he slept in cellars
and lived on money "felers give him His
ner was not engaging.
Il don't like the way you talk said Judge
Wyatt But I'll give you chance Go home
but if you're brought here again I shall send you
to the House of Refuge"
few cases of youthful thievery. the case
Of girl whose brother and sister were
lighting for her possession. another girl prisoner
big and buxom. VINO evidently started the
downward path. and the morning session was over
Half hundred cases still waited the docket
and court dismissed the patrol wagon rat
tied up the door with another load.