Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-07
NORWICH TO HAVE JUVENILE COURT

eases where the use of such process appears imperative.
 The act provides that the city, town or borough court judge shall transfer children cases coming before it to the juvenile court and direct the child forth with to be delivered to the probation officer or other officer of the juvenile court. The juvenile court judge may ad- init the child to bail Or in the custody of it's parents or guardian for hear ing to be held not later than a week from that time. There is also prcv!s- ton that any officer arresting a child shall immediately turn the child over to the probation officer, if practicable.
 Investigation Before Hearing.
 Before the hearing of a case in the juvenile court, it is provided that a very complete investigation shall he made, preferably by the probatioa off, Peer, into the parentage, surroundings, age. habits, history, home conditions and habits of parents or guardians. II tho child is attending school, there sha I also be a report from the school al.d no disposition of any child case shall he made before the results of stlch investi- gation have been laid before the juvenile court judge.
 
 Judges of juvenile, courts shall, dur ing hearings before them, exclude from the room in which they are held any person whose presence is in the courts opinion not necessary. Such hearings shall not be held in a room regularly used for the transaction of criminal business. The conversations of judge with a child whose case is before the court, shall be privileged.
 Commitments and Appeals. The juvenile court may commit al child to any public or private institution for the care of children or place the child in care of a suitable person. It is also provided that where commit ments are made to an institution they shall be to agencies of the same faith ! as that of the childs parents.
 Officer Not in Uniform.
 An officer serving commitment papers from the juvenile court, if he is uni | formed officer, is not to wear his uni form at the time nor to wear any badge where 1t can be plainly seen.
 Commitments from the juvenile court are to be indeterminate, excapt that they shall terminate when the child reaches the age of 21.
 | EV1dence be1ore Court.
 No child shall be prosecuted for an offense before a juvenile court, nor shall the adjudication of such court that child is delinquent in any case be deemed a conviction of crime. Except where the evidence in juvenile court cases is on offenses involving z state prison penalty, the action of tho juvenile court is not admissible in any criminal proceedings against child.
 Probation Officer.
 The judge of the juvenile courS is tt appoint probation officer as an Mice of the court. this already having beel done for the Norwich court by the ap pointment of Edwin Hill, as recently announced.
 The probation officer is to report ol the last calendar day of each month ol the cases in his care, and he shal make such Investigation as the law di rects or the court requires. In the cas Of delinquent children" it is pro vided that he shall confer privatel, with the child and with the parents possible. The probation officer is to b paid s5 per day and expenses for day of actual work on juvenile court pro bation cases.
 Costs shall be taxed in juvenile case and if they cannot be paid by the child parents shall be paid by the city, tow or borough.