Evening journal., 1912-12-10
IN THE
GVV VIkO1SU Rlv 4 IL
JUVENILE COURT
In PAST YEAR

In General Sessions Court today
Clerk of the Peace Harry A. Brown
presented tho following report of the
Juvenile Court, OF which under the
law he is clerk.
Since my last report submitted az
the November term. A. ID. 1911, new
Ideas and improvements have been in
trOducod I'm the conduct of the Court,
all Of which has been with the OBJ
iect Of making the work OF the Court
more effective.
"One OF the greatest acuessions to
the Court, (seCured with the aid of
the City CounciD is a private office
for the Chief Probation officer, with
Detention House" attached, for
the confinement of children when
necessary. The detention house keeps
the children from coming in contact
with older and hardened criminals,
such as are detained In police sta
tions
"Tho detention house is in charge
Of a competent matron, whose time
Is devoted to the welfare o. the chill
dren detained therein
During the year ending October
81, 1912, one hundred and thirty l130
posed Of; eleven I'D of which we're
dismissed, and eleven 11l held up.
The list of complaints and the
number of complaints under each
class of oflense brought to trial, are
as follows:
Larceny. 46; disorderly conduct. l6;
incorrigible 10; malicious mischief,
IL; assault and battery, 9; truants, 8;
dependant children, 8 receiving stolen
goods 3; trespass, 3; breaking and
entering, 2; highway robbery .;
obtaining goods under false pretense,
2; laying crap, 3 running away from
home / wandering streets at night,
/; embezzloment. 1; begging on
streets 1; throwing stones at train,
i; driving off horse corner loung-
ing, contempt of court, @
There were 24S defendants repre-
sented IN the 1870 cases brought before
the court for trial, 43 of which were
dismissed for the lack of sufficient
evidence; 232 defendants were boys
and 16 girls; 1877 being white and 81
colored The ages of the defendants
range from Z to II years The parents
of l31 were native. and III foreign
born.
"Of the above three GO we're placed
on farms, or I'm suitable homes, 16
were committed to the Ferris Indus
trial School; seven ca to the Indus
trial School for Girls; two 90 were
placed with the Superintendent of the
Delaware Children's Home Society:
four ca to the Home of Friendless
and Destitute Children Nhis city,
three CD 10 the Home of the Good
Sheppard for Colored Girls Baltimore.
Maryland one G to the Catholic
PrOtectory. Delaware City, and one
% 20 the Pennsylvania Home for
Predetermined Children, Elwyn. Della
ware County, Pennsylvania 123 were
probated and placed in charge OF the
chief probation officer 10 whom they
are required to report once week:
% OF the above have been discharged.
reports as to their conduct being
satisfactory TO the court.
"A number of the probationers are
required to report TO volunteer proba-
ton officers once a week, and on the
first Saturday of each month all on
probation arc required TO report to the
Judge in the court room cards being
furnished them showing the dat, OF
their required appearance.
"The total number Of complaints filed
against delinquents during the year
ending October 81, 1912 is 723. 24S
being brought to trial. and AIS being
settled out Of court by chief probation
officer Most of the latter complaints
were of trivial nature Respectfully
submitted
HARRY A. BROWN.
CLERK Of the Juvenile Court"