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Show Juvenile Judge Releases Report for Fifth District A. O. Nielson, juvenile judge for the fifth district, including Sanpete, Sevier, Sev-ier, Piute, Wayne and Garfield counties, coun-ties, has just submitted his biennium ,,, -f T,,T,A TO. trt tlm f'jf en from Sevier, two from Piute and three boys returned to said school, two from Garfield and one from Wayne. A ma inrifir rtf Hir. orli.lf .itc- V,o.U juvenile commission. Garfield county has, some months ago, been added to the fifth district, resulting in enlarging enlarg-ing the territory covered by Judge Nielson. - The majority of the cases, according to the report, were handled in Sanpete and Sevier counties, with Sanpete leading. The report follows: During the biennial period ending June 30, 1030, ninety adults and 232 juveniles, have been handled by the juvenile court organization of the district as follows: Adults contributing to the delinquency delin-quency of juveniles, 97; official cases including adults and juveniles, 021; unofficial cases including adults and juveniles, 631; total, 1,252. The lcrime of stealing, including burglary and petit larceny predominates predomin-ates with the offense of malicious mischief,, truancy, using of tobacco, using liquor, sex offenses, and a few cases of automobile theft, following in the order given. During the past two years 14 boys have been committed to the industrial school ; five from Sanpete county, scv- ed for contributing to the delinquency delinquen-cy of juveniles were referred to the court by -the school departments charging parents with the violation of the school law by failing to require their children to attend school. Most of these cases were dismissed or continued con-tinued indefinitely with the promise to place the child in school. Some adults were assessed heavy fines and some committed to the county coun-ty jail for supplying juveniles with liquor or keeping young girls out late without the knowledge or consent of the parents. A number were fined for selling tobacco to juveniles. All despondency de-spondency or neglect cases have been I referred to other agencies or tlvj 'county, for rcl'ef. Indigent families are receiving aid from the county and relief organizations. The present organization or-ganization of the fifth district consists con-sists of the judge, who also acts as chief probation officer, with the city and town marshals. The number of delinquency cases handled during the j past biennium exceeds by 78 the num-ontinucd num-ontinucd on last page) ! JUVENILE JUDGE RELEASES REPORT FOR FIFTH DISTRICT (Continued from page 1) ber handled during the preceding two years. However, an extra county has been added to the district within the past year. This means that juvenile delinquency has not increased in the said district during the past two years. As a result of close cooperation of the court and schools, juvenile delinquency de-linquency has been curbed and a marked improvement in school attendance at-tendance noted. Financial statement June 30, 1928, to June' 30, 1930: Fines. Damages Receipts $2,034.50 $157.20 Disbursements 2,034.50 157.20 Distribution of Fines. Sanpete county $ 875.50 Sevier county 632.50 Piute county 25.00 Wayne county 430.00 Garfield county 71.50 Total $2,034.50 Appropriations received for juvenile juven-ile court expense paid to B. H. Robinson, Robin-son, secretary of the state juvenile commission, to apply on juvenile court expense of the fifth district from Sanpete, Sevier, Piute and Wayne counties, $990. Total expense of the court for the past two years, $1,828.72. |