The Washington herald., 1913-07-26
JUVENILE court
HAS new HEAD
J. Wilmer Latner Qualities
a. Judge De Lacy's
Successor.
DAY PASSES QUIETLY
Disposition Shown to Be Lenient with
Youthful Violators Called
Before Him.

The first Of the tales Of domestic difh-
culties, of the misdeeds of the bad
boy" of the troubles caused by the in
corrigible little girl. and the other stories
of woe that are the daily portion OF the
Judge of a juvenile court during working
hours were poured into the ears OF Judge
J. Wilmer Latimer yesterday on his as
sumption of the bench vacated by Judge
De Lacy in the dingy little room OF the
Juvenile Court on + Street.
The opening of the court was an In
| formal affair. Promptly at / o'clock
Judge Latimer appeared. The usual
reading of the commission and the oath
was gone through with and Judge Lati-
mer was the official head of the tribunal.
Few Cases Passed Upon.
The days crop of cases was not large.
There were only five. and their scope
was about the usual thing. They COW
cred the failure of a father to provide
ANYTHING but "a couple of cabbages and
a little chunk of meat" per week for his
spouse and two children: the loss OF a
baseball glove by a possible future can
didate for fame on the diamond; the in
! fraction OF the playground rules by
boy of sixteen. and couple OF desertion
cases that had the usual characteristics.
ns'. - Ill 5IeicrIt;es ware suffi
Gent To show the small knot OF listeners
IN the courtroom WIN 80
man the ueiihquen. -,
| mestically harasseu VI washington VIII
have to deal.
Judge Latimer Is quiet dishlhed' anu
above all sympathetic. he listens 70 each
1, ,aNN1ff NJ
case with apparently the open minu oi
| the President to whom he owes MS APP
pointment. ana seems 10 strive 10 niahe
the troubles OF the piaihtihs anu ue
| PENDANTS or his court ms own Troubles
80 "a. for susie and hi. decisions are
49,, nr.ra ,bere is any ground for
ieiie,.
tn frst case cr.Iea WAS that Of Will
to-, r,,oU colorad who was accused nv
h;t, liz Soron with having contributed
,'a,b;nrr -, ,.,,hstantisI toward the sup
r to ~ ,ho homssboId q, which he Is the
iaaaI heaJ than an occa sionaI cabbage
"a ,ia,o =, ,,,s,+
So onn.ared befors the cour. with
,,ro sn,,II d,mgbtsrs who alternately lis
tanas ona,-,,o,,tbad and yyida-eved IN the
.ehea opeh-lio mo- e,e an go y,
,,as,;a. ~, ,bI, ~ ~ The witress. chair
n,,r;ns ~ tha bs,rins sorer,I sinai, bIack
4 hall
a. Gu, fa,,;i,- Iool-ed ,,rid,y ,broupb
tho w;ndows AZ The back
I-nder tbe questioning of the court. II
| Z. ,IIy cave on, tbat Tho defendant want.
"a 80 A., ,ha M tbire by his "a ,,i,v and
| nrorisad 10 contribrte AT least s. per
week 10 their support The sentence of
six months Al the workhouse was sus-
| nended during his fuISIIment Of this
| mr. Misc and tho case having been thus
| ba nni,v settled William smflinply should
| ed one of tho rhildren- and his wife fol-
! lowed him from the room hearing the
other
| Now JuJpe , Fan.
Nhar thompson. Ease oi |haiies
ihothpsoh'
CnarIes was coiored YOUTH VINO mao
round the lost outheider grove OF MS
Ing baseball nero sam Gotlen, ana haa
refused 10 return IL. 30 MUCH Shdfley
admitted
Sam TOOK the STAND and SAID 'hat ne
was member OF the team oI the Irwin
Athletlc Cum.
| anu thdt - prey Soou 'eaih' i sup
! pose inquired 'uuse La'iiiiei' WIN
iriendiy stnile'
| Ne!i' not very, a"lfi''ed sam sheep-
| ishlE.
linen ne ana the shortstoi' OF me assIe-
sauoh ana ahother athiete Oh ABOUT NJ
teen summers told "f ire loss Oh the
| glove ana OF Sharl'ys SUBSEQUENT re-
| fusal TO return II tnless PAID 30 Genus.
| IheE happened 10 pe snort % cents at
tne tiine, SO 'ney hao warrant SWORN
| out. Judge Latimer called the colored
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