Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-30
|643 CHILDREN IN
JUVENILE COURT
Total of 436 Cases Disposed Of
in Last Fiscal Year, the
Clerk Reports.

A total Of 43S cases, representing
G43 defendants, were heard and dis
posed of by the Juvenile Court during
the fiscal year ending October 81, ac
cording to the report of Clerk John
l.. Wight. has submitted to the Court
of General Sessions. or the 643 de-
PENDANTS. lis were placed on probltion,
making the entire number OF children
ON probation during the past two
years, 402. or these howev r. 16i werA
released or retired during the past
year, and the Court now has 2i1 on
probation.
OF the children call 81 for trial. 5l4
were boys and 129 girls, 443 of the
boys and SS of the girls being white.
Their ages ranged from to IL years.
the younger ONES being for the most
part dependents, whose homes were
unfit for them. In all, there We're l12
Negro children brought before the
court.
In addition TO the cases tried, there
We're complaints lodged against 453
other children during the year, these
being settled privately by the chief
probation officer after investlga ton,
iiHNiilS a. iotdI VI i,V'o NiiiluIeI dp-
pearing before the Juvenile Court ans.
its office during the past year.
Larceny was the charge having tn
largest number of defendants, lis
cases being tried on this complaint
The list of ofTenses. and the number
of children charged with each. on
which the trials wo~e heard were as
follows:
Larceny, lis: incorrigible. 54:
breaking and entering, 50: trespassing,
so; disorderly conduct, 40; dependants
4S; malicious mischief. 2S; persistent
truancy, .19; assault and bait sry, 16;
paying crap, IA; absenting themselves
from home, s; breaking terms OF pro
baton. &; forgery, 6; receiving stoher
goods, 4; wandering on the streets al
night, 4; contempt of court. 3; operat.
ing a L.otor vehicle without license, 2
discharging firearms. II; working lille.
gally, l.; attempt to commit larceny
| j; reported 10 be released from pro.
baton, 16l.
Disposition was made of the 643 de.
linquents as follows: Probation, IFS
retired, 112: continued, 1913: released
| from probation, 121; retired on ac.
/ count of being more than II year.
| old, 40; continued on probation, 23
Ferris Industrial school. 90; privat,
homes, 2l; dismissed, 10; sentenc,
suspended, 6: fined for contempt o.
court, 6, Delaware Industrial schoo
for girls. IA; industrial school fol
eolored girls, 6; Stockley colony,
Delaware Children's Home Society, 5
Home for Friendless, and Destitut
Children. 4; st. M!chaers day nursery
/; children's bureau, .; st. James
male protectory, 3; st. Peters femal
orphanage, .; st. Joseph's industria
school for girls, BaNimors, /: s,
James home for boys, Baltimore, l
ST. Mary's industrial school, Ralti
more. 3; House of the Good Shepherd
Baltimore. g; House of the Goo
Shepherd, Philadelphia, l.: Henr
Watson Aid. Baltimore, i; st. Joseph
protectory, Norristown, Pa, /; Is. I
orphanage and home, Erie, Pa. /
hospitals for treatment, 3; remande
TO other state authorities, 4.
There We're 194 other cases, such a
petitions for the release Of childrel
from private homes, visits to the.
parents, visits by probation officer
10 children. ETC.. brought before tn
court. The court conducted also % in
vestigations for authorities of citie
outside the state largely involvin
minors having some connection /
Delaware. Fifty-five runaways froI
other states, As boys and 10 girls. wer
held at the detention house until III
arrival of parents or probation officer
The report also shows that the nun
Der of houses of the probation v!site
was 1895; calls in the interest of pre-
baton. 761; investigation calls, 1,sit
total, 1913. The cases sent to heal,
centres numbers 50; sent to doctor
Offices and hospitals. 6: total rs.