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... told me all about himself after I have gained his confi- dence , and his father and mother have with equal frankness , in most cases , given their views as to the conduct of their child . The point of inquiry is not to find out whether ...
... told me all about himself after I have gained his confi- dence , and his father and mother have with equal frankness , in most cases , given their views as to the conduct of their child . The point of inquiry is not to find out whether ...
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... told how the thought came to him that the chance was ripe to gratify his desire , and how two or three times he resisted the temptation and finally succumbed , so that he disappeared with the money and went to the theater . This boy was ...
... told how the thought came to him that the chance was ripe to gratify his desire , and how two or three times he resisted the temptation and finally succumbed , so that he disappeared with the money and went to the theater . This boy was ...
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... told how , when a boy was arrested , there was always somebody ready to go bail and to look out for him . This boy was 9 years old , and some con- ception of his knowledge may be gained by the language he used . He said that in a ...
... told how , when a boy was arrested , there was always somebody ready to go bail and to look out for him . This boy was 9 years old , and some con- ception of his knowledge may be gained by the language he used . He said that in a ...
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... told dese kids that they was sure to get caught by the cop for swipin ' wheels , and we's been talkin ' it over , and just concluded that the best thing to do was to come up here and snitch up . I told de kids dey would git a square ...
... told dese kids that they was sure to get caught by the cop for swipin ' wheels , and we's been talkin ' it over , and just concluded that the best thing to do was to come up here and snitch up . I told de kids dey would git a square ...
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... told him that I thought more of the boys than I did of the wheels ; that I believed there was even a greater duty to save those boys than to save the bicycles , notwithstanding I respected the rights of the owners . I haven't a particle ...
... told him that I thought more of the boys than I did of the wheels ; that I believed there was even a greater duty to save those boys than to save the bicycles , notwithstanding I respected the rights of the owners . I haven't a particle ...
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adults April 12 arrested association boys brought cause cent character charge charities child-labor law children's court citizens Colorado committed complaint convicted correction county court court of Denver courts and probation crime criminal court criminal law custody deal December 31 delinquent child delinquent children dependent detention school discharged disorderly disposition district attorney duty enforcement father filed gang girl guilty hearing Indianapolis industrial school institution interest investigation jail judge jurisdiction justice juvenile court juvenile delinquents juvenile law juvenile offenders liquor magistrate method misdemeanor moral mother necessary neglected never number of children Number of persons offense parents parole Pennsylvania police probation officer probation system probationers proceedings proper punishment receive reform school reformatory responsible result salary saloon school law sent sentence session society statute steal superintendent teacher tell things tion told Total number trial truancy Violation visits
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Page 44 - How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray...
Page 144 - Heaven is not reached at a single bound, But we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round.
Page 170 - ... patronizes or visits any public pool room or bucket shop; or who wanders about the streets in the night time without being on any lawful business or occupation; or who habitually wanders about any railroad yards or tracks, or jumps or hooks on to any moving train, or enters any car or engine without lawful authority; or who habitually uses vile, obscene, vulgar, profane or indecent language, or is guilty of immoral conduct in any public place or about any school house.
Page 186 - ... in some suitable family home, in case provision is made by voluntary contribution or otherwise for the...
Page 184 - AN ACT defining the powers of the several courts of quarter sessions of the peace within this Commonwealth with reference to the caro, treatment, and control of dependent, neglected, incorrigible, and delinquent children under the age of sixteen years, and providing for the means in which such power may be exercised.
Page 186 - An act to define and to regulate the treatment and control of dependent, neglected and delinquent children...
Page 184 - This act shall be liberally construed to the end that its purpose may be carried out, to wit : that the care, custody, and discipline of a child shall approximate, as nearly as may be, that which should be given by its parents...
Page 172 - Sec. 6. Probation Officers — The court shall have authority to appoint or designate one or more discreet persons of good character to serve as probation officers during the pleasure of the court; said probation officers to receive no compensation from the public treasury.
Page 169 - ... child to remain in its own home subject to the visitation of the probation officer, such child to report to the probation officer as often as may be required, and subject to be returned to the court for further proceedings whenever such action may appear to be necessary...
Page 58 - Any child committing any of the acts herein mentioned shall be deemed a juvenile delinquent person, and shall be proceeded against as such in the manner hereinafter provided. A disposition of any child under this act, or any evidence given in such cause, shall not in any civil, criminal or other cause or proceeding whatever in any court be lawful or proper evidence against such child for any purpose whatever, excepting in subsequent cases against the same child under this act. The word "child