Show I JUVENILE COURT WORK Legislation to Increase Effi Eff Efficiency Efficiency I of System Is Now Under Consideration DETENTION HOMES HolMES NEEDED JUDGE NOON THINKS THE AGE LIMIT TOO HIGH I There was an au it informal i i discussion of or juvenile courts and court work at a meeting held in the court room yester yesterday yesterday ester esterday day afternoon ri Owing to the fact tact that the notice of the the meeting had been brief the attendance ce was not so large as had been expected but a number of judges and nd rs from rpm out outside outside outside side cities were present as well as many mIHl from lt th are inter interested Interested interested ested In the work oJ The principal object of ot the meeting was to discuss the means whereby the present laws relating to juvenile court work could be brought to a point of ef efficiency efficiency efficiency or be replaced with oth r laws It Is likely Uk lY that hat the th whole juve juvenile juvenile nile nUe court system will be incorporated in one bill to be presented to the next legislature a bill that will be concise and prepared with a view few to avoiding conflicts with other courts or judicial Institutions The sense sene of the meeting which was presided over by b elect William Spry was that another meeting should be held between now now and tha time when the legislature meets It was as left let to Willard Done secretary to the governor to call the attention of the Juvenile court urt com corn commission commission mission to the expression of the meet meetIng meeting Ing In yesterday and no doubt a meeting will vili be called at which drafts of ot bills will be presented present d Judge Address Judge A A Noon of Provo made an extended address in which he related his experiences with children as a lec lecturer lecturer asa a aa zt a Justice of ot the he peace and as asa asa asa a Juvenile court judge Judge Noon Noor believes that one of the essential es things I to be b done is the establishment of ofa a detention home in each district not nota a voluntary home but a home whose establishment is i made obligatory o by bylaw bylaw bylaw law Judge Noon oon furthermore believed that the age limit so called IS years when boys may come under un er the control contro of the juvenile court is too high He Re believed that a boy had fixed viets and fixed trends and developed traits of character after atter he passed the tile age of 16 and that after such an age he ought to be dealt with by b other courts I I believe the child should be reached in the schools and before he heget gets get Into the courts We do not riot want courts if we can help it we want to reach the heart of ot the child Job P Lyon Talks Job P Lyon thought the plan of 01 pro probation probation probation bation ought to be extended In New Zealand said Mr Ir Lyon the proba probation probation probation tion system has reached as near to perfection as possible le In that country first offenders instead of or being sent to prison where they are only made the themore themore themore more hardened up to an age of or 30 10 0 years ears are given In charge of a proba probation probation probation tion officer who finds work ork for tor them They are required to report once or twice a month and bring a report from their employer er Mr 11 Lyon Lon said the record showed that 93 per cent of ot the first offenders in New Zealand Zeala d were re reclaimed reclaimed reclaimed claimed In New York under the pro probation probation probation bation system s stem In operation there 90 per cent are arc reclaimed and in lIt Massa Massachusetts Massachusetts 88 per percent cent It has been the experience said nl Mr Lyon that jails and penitentiaries ries do not riot reform Tm but only accentuate the conditions condition Mr Lyon believed that a probation law of greater latitude than now operates would be well for Utah Cows Versus Children Judge E G Gowans Goans of or the Salt S lt Lake LaJe Juvenile court said that while there was a Juvenile court it was practically powerless should the defendant nt de dc demand demand mand a aj jury juo ry tr l for f or r In that event the case would have to be sent to t the Justice courts Judge Judg Gowans deplored the lack of financial assistance given ghen the work by bythe b bythe the th state I see they the arc are about ab ut to ask the state to bond itself for vast sums of money m ney to build roads TO ds but Ido I do not see that they the are asking for Tor money to build men and women There are ap appropriations appropriations appropriations for the purpose purpOse of teach teaching teachIng teaching ing boys bos how hoc to feed pigs pl s at Logan how a vows rows rations ought to be ap apportioned apportioned apportioned portioned we e have all aU these but we have less than a pittance to carry cam on the work rk of building up the young boys bo s and girls who wh are arc in need of help |