Show t l' l lI 1 I The Sealed Records I i j The books of the juvenile court are closed to cui curious curious cu- cu i rious eyes And this story tells why and how hOlU the i I I I rule was made and kept I I I BY WALT SLOAN That less than Own 1 per pel cent edit of the lime I activities of the time juvenile court ever reach the time public through the press s perhaps sounds strange yet et it is a n fact From Froni time to time lime at the lime end of the year or perhaps monthly there is a little item telling that the time court has handled so many minors during the month or the year ear But the thc constant conI constant con stant reader render will search in vain in-vain nin the tue I columns of time the press fo for the name of I even en one omme out of a n hundred of those I minors who ha have c been before the time court There is a n and that reason had its inception shortly after the time court was ras organized One day two newspaper men came into the court and wanted to see sec the time records of cases which had been handled by the time court The flue clerk refused to produce the time records He lIe tried to e explain plain t to the two young men neither of whom was vas married that he did not t think ink it would be hc good policy to have the time names of the time youngsters in print That afternoon the time managing editor of one of the time papers paper P P called aIled the time clerk over ocr the time phone and told him that his Imis reporter hud had stated that the time clerk had refused to produce the time records of the court The TIme clerk cleric said that he lie had Clerk Explains Reason Reason Yell Well said the time editor you you will either cither produce those records for my reporter tomorrow morning or I will mandamus you YOU The clerk knew that thc they were I public records that under the time law he lie hal had no imo ri right ht to withhold from the time public A half hour later the time clerk of t the e court was in t the e private office of the time editor He TIe said We Ve c have ha had five la eases cases es before the time court today three of them were boys bors arraigned ned fOl for truancy and two t for smoking Here are th their ir names U they e are a matter of public record I have hae no mio right under time the law to keep keel them from you hut but how you feel if you YOU read the time name of your your son fon in the IC paper to tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow as in having been before the juvenile court just he because he hl haul had 1 played hook y What kind of life would your our son on have haye to go through at school with every playmate pointing pointing point point- ing at him and nud every Cry parent telling his dl children l ren not to play with your om son because he Ime had been before the time juvenile court 1 7 Editor Sees the Point You have said ellou enough h the tIme ed editor editor ed- ed 1 interrupted My Iy reporter will vill never again ain ask for the name miame of any an boy or 01 girl irl that has hns been before that court 1 I understand its object now it is not to punish limit hut to corre correct Within an au hour the clerk lerk of the time court had had a heart to dint chat with the time managing ing editor of every paper in Salt Lake That is the time reason on that though you read that so minors have hn been leen before the I juvenile jU court co you OU never rea read 1 a n amm mm name am e. e Yet the court is more replete with human interest stories storie than any other court in ill the time state tate This court COli rt as a- arule aa a arule arule rule does dues not deal heal with what men men- consider the bi big things timings but in reality it does cloes deal with the time biggest t of nIl mull things the future citizen and what he or om she shall be he No questions of millions of dollars are ore ever brought into thi court seldom seldom sel sel- dom i i-g ms a property right rig involved aw and then only in the time interest of the child Almost every ce day lOy in in the time week comes conies the problem n as to what is ig best to tb do for this or that ho boy or girl The law lau says Rays that certain things are to be bedone belone lone done but htmL the time lawmakers used wisdom wisdom wis wis- dom domn in the making of the time ju e juvenile lile court law Is a Court of Mercy They made malc it a n court of equity equit more than a court of law they provided pro pro- vided for a court of merc mercy rather than a n court of punishment nih and so since its inception with this n as the time 0 outstanding ii t St a ii d fea feature t LI re tim the e juvenile I Ic court of Salt Sull Lake which is recognized recognized recognized as ns one of the best in the thc Cn United Unite led States has saved sned from frum prison life lit lit lit- emily hundreds of ho boys s 's mill and girls g Just J list on one of hun hundreds of illustrations lions wh which might ht be he made A A. few fe weeks ago a ho boy and amid girl brother ant and sister ister were before the time court time the mother was of foreign birth hirth the boand bo boy hor and amil gill gimi had been in trouble a n num noun her of times and before the time court on more t than hn none one occasion occasion t they hey were beyond yond the control of the time mother molher environment en en- had imad done lone its work As a n last resort Judge J C. C M. M f. f Nici- Nici iel- iel semi sen ell sentenced the ho boy to the time state in industrial iii- iii in-I in school at Ogden Mothers Mother's Heart Repents I IThe The Time mother had imad sat in jim silence while her boy hoy had been before the time court e except to say that she ahe could do noth noth- in with him Five Pic minutes after the h boy iZ n y had Imad been heen committed to O den the time mother rushed into the private office of B. B R. R Harries chief chiei probation of of- fleer Falling Failing on her bel knees she sobbed You You Von will not send him to de Ogden Og Ogo- len den you Oll send semI him him dar lar T follow I him the time to kill J I kill her imer pointing daughter and amid dan dau 1 kill myself I kill nIl all of them Falling almost almost- full length on ou the time floor the time heartbroken mother dragged drag half across the time room to time the I I feet of Mr rr Harries arries and sobbing and screaming sal said See ee 1 ki kiss dc IC shoes I be a servant ser I do 10 tb anything anything- hut but oh ohm oh olm no 1011 dont don't 1 take Him liim away wa Tenderly the big court onit officer ant anta and anda a n reporter lifted the time wo woman an to tu her feet There was a n court commit order the time boy had been lieen een legally le rally committed hut but that afternoon Judge Jude Nielsen n on omm the time advice of Mr 11 hurries Harries ics rescinded the time order The boy was given another chance A mothers mother's love loe had won |