Show COURT ACT MAY MAYbE BE FOUND DEFECTIVE Legal Point Raised Likely to Knock Out Juvenile Court HALVERSON WANTS A JURY Law Provides for No Means ol of Trial of Cases for Mis- Mis demeanors The Time disposition of John n ll l l m mor or of the thc Salt Palace to 0 fight tho the charge chargo brought against him himor of or contributing to tIme the delinquency II of i minors has haft brought out omit what is thought to 0 be he a n nery very ery serious defect in m inthe inthe the Juvenile Ju court law case was s set t for 01 trial before J Judge u c Gowans o of or the Juvenile court Tuesday hut iut was vas postponed one week until ut- ut orneys can look 1001 Into time tho legality 01 or orthe the procedure is charged with in jag ng to tho tile delinquency of f minors minor in allowing children on th the Salt Palace grounds after curfew and anti also in nl- nl lowin owing lowing minors to bo ho In places where heel beer IH fH dispensed and to drink beer heN I Us IUs arrest wan aR as the tho r result of a a. raid raI 11 tide on the Salt SnIt Palace grounds by hy JU court on end and others about two weeks n ago o. o IT lie employed Soren n X N Christensen as hi his coutt counsel I and nd th the tin attorney disputes e the power It f he court to n act t In the ease case I I j I K t As s It ii stands the thC law l' l expressly I gives giveR th he the Juvenile Ju court Jurisdiction over O adults In cases where th they at are arc charged e with contributing to tIme the If pf lf minors It also provides plo that In III thich uch cases the methods method and arid procedure hall conform as ns nearly nearh a as possible to 10 o the the- pro procedure lur of th the District court Th Therein herein lies III's the tub rub The first right t of a a. person charged char with a misdemeanor in th the District court IB is trial rial h by jury And tho the Juvenile court It t I held has no means of collecting a jur jury In some ome districts where no special Juvenile court Judge has hns been appointed ap- ap pointed the the- District Court Judge e is s se e ex X officio judge of the tho Juvenile JU court As Vs such uch he h. has ha the whole machinery of oC f the District court at his back baI and andin can an in summon Cummon a jur Jury h by the tho regular methods of or that court But nut in the larger irger cities It Ir j is not nor a as yet determined whether nether the Juvenile Tu court has such rl right where here there there- i is a 0 special jud judge This his would seem m it is claimed to place ilace th the large lor-e cities at nt a n. dl disadvantage antas In n this U rC respect p and Ind it Is questioned by hy hyo SOnIC ome o whether Judge C Gowans could not raw on th the DI District court n for nr hi his Jurors Still Open Qu Question That however p is still an open Uon tion on In the thc mt meantime It I is probable that hat the ca case cage e a against Hal Halverson ma may maye mayhe he be e dismissed before tho the Juvenile court ourt and nd proceedings s bo he brought In tn cither a Justice 01 or a a. District t court S 1 Such h procedure would give 1 Juvenile Tu enne court Jt power to protect their wards ls till still but lt would render t tIme tho means mean jot of doing io so in much more cumbersome In Sonic omo cases case it is stated lat 1 the Justice court ourt might not provo prove to be he In sym sym- pathy athy with Juvenile Ju court ourt work Such are not expected in the District court null anti it Is possible that thal the he ca case e against t Halverson on may b be b. brought rought there as fi a n t test st case casc In tho the meantime with evidence on In record ecord a against him In the Juvenile court ourt court Halverson Hal ma may be able to cs escape trial rial before that court on technical l rounds grounds The Juvenile Ju court t however do tin not doubt douht their thou power lotry to lo toy try y the case before oth other ether 1 courts court They are re willing to do 10 so gO hut will probably make lako o a strong effort to have c certain little crooks and turns t in the time I law Ia a. a taken aken out nut of it at the tho next ItI la It Is the aim It Is jO of f the legislature le to give ive the tho Juvenile court ourt as great gleat a liberty In its method of nf f procedure pi rc d as l possible |