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Show IJWEIIIE COURTS HEE1 MBBE PIWEH This. Is Consensus of Opinion of the Stale Commission in Charge, j JUDGE GUNNELL OF OGDEN PLAYS A PROMINENT PART Committee Is Appointed to Consider Con-sider Xcccssary .(flKinges . in Present Laws. SonW tar-reaching ad efficient reforms n thejnvenllc court laws -and procedure wore" proposed in a confcrcnco between the-.sta.to -juvenile "court commission and jthcr persons interested in tlilis work in Gov. John. C. Cutler's offtco Wednesday zfteinoon. . VcJney C. Gunnell of Ogdcn. Judge of llic' juvonilG 'court of "Weber, Davis , and Morgan- counties, was tho " principal speaker. Judge' Gunnel! declared that the juvenile court judges need moro .Jurls-HCtJon .Jurls-HCtJon .and power- and advocated the esting of the Juvenile courts with the iame? power as the district courts in ro-i.itlon- to "adult or contributory delinquency. delin-quency. ' . The- provision that tho juvenile court bhall hot havo jurisdiction in cases 01 felony ' among' juveniles should 1w changed. Judge Gunncll asserted. This ronrt should have jurisdiction over nil felonies' among Juveniles, even In muruer rases, ho deelarod. Ho-also recommended recommend-ed tho adoption, of a Jury' system 'in tho Juvenllo courts of ' tho slate. . The juvenllo court also should he vested vest-ed with the same authority as the als-trir.t als-trir.t court In adoption matters and the appointing of guardians for juvonileV, Judge Gunnell believes. The rules of procedure pro-cedure cs laid down In the district courts should bo extended to the juvonllo courts. There should also be' some 'statutory provision as to how far marriage among juvenile delinquents affects the jurisdiction jurisdic-tion of the juvenile court, Judge Gunncll said. Tn effect., juvenile delinquents attain at-tain their majority by marriage. Does the juvenile court have any" jurisdiction in such caics after, marriage? was one 01 t'.s questions. ' i I - "As to Age Limit. Tim age limit of juvenlies..coining under the-jurisdiction should be made less om-bltruoiis. om-bltruoiis. . In the statutes, Judge Gunneil hafd. and suggested that all minors under 19 be made amonablo to the juvenile court iftwi. . .TudscOunnell further recommend-d recommend-d the establishment of a. detention home in every county -or Judicial district of tho slate, 'and tlVo appointment of- a Juvenile court- judge for each "district. In districts dis-tricts having no judges, he suggested that justices of the peace might, be selected to- act In that capacity. A. A. Xoon of-Provo, -Judge of the Juvenile Ju-venile court of Utah county, advocated the reducing of the age limit to minors amenable to the juvenile court from 18 to 10 years." and the .establishment of a detention home In each district of tho itate. Dr. Albert Buxton of the Central Chrls- thin 'church expressed the same sentiment r as to the establishing of a detention -home J hi each district and said that where there Rre no detention homes provision' should be made for the sending of Juvenile de-i.'nquenta de-i.'nquenta to" detention homes In other counties at the expense of the county Irom' which they came. .Govornor Cutler t-ald the law In tills respect should be -hangc'd . so as to make It mandatory ! unon the county . commissioners of each count v . to establish detention homes. The law at the present time says that county commissioners "may" ' establish such .homes, and Govornor Cutler Is In favor of changing the word "may" to shall." Dr. Cowans Heard. Dr. U. G. Gowans and . Mrs. A. L. Young, of. the local .court .strongly udvo--at?d tho establishment of detention home3 for girls, and especially in this "ounty. " There are now three homes for boys.'but-'not a. home for girls. In Judge Gow3ns"s opinion tho girl problem. Is blg-ge"r" blg-ge"r" than- the-boy problem. Govornor-riect Govornor-riect William Spry assured those present of Jjls herffly sympathy In the work. At .Cue conclusion of the meeting Governor Gov-ernor Cutler, as chairman of the mc-ct-intr; 'appointed a-committee to thresh out the suggestions, with others that may be made, and everftually-draft them Into a "bill' to' be.'peented to the coming legislature.. legis-lature.. This committee, will hold another meeting probably Saturday, .to listen to suggestions as to changes in the present iuvcnlie" court laws, after which it will vet busy upon the new-ljIH. The personnel of the committee follows: fol-lows: Judge Gowans, . chairman; Judge Xoon' of- -Prove-. County Attorney-elect Job -P. Tyonv Klies -C. Ashton, Mrs. C. If. McMahon- Mrs. Byron Cuinmlngs and Mj-s. A. Tj. Y.oung. |
