Inter-Mountain Republican | 1908-10-18 | Page 3 | Cromar Wants Minors Punished for Violation of Game Laws

Cromar W Wants ants Min Minors rs Punished I Ifor 1 for Violation of Game Laws We Vo 0 can get most of ot tho the men who do unlawful shooting and wo we can punIsh punish punish pun pun- ish most meat of oC them but the boys have o us stumped said H. H B. B Cromar state game and Ush commissioner Saturday We Ye have arrested a number of or those bo boys boy's s 's und and have taken them before the juvenile court hut but In not one ono Instance have we been able ablo to have them pun pun- The court reprimands tn the ads for shooting out of ot season sonson killing kUling phea pheasants tuning lishing at any time o or o wit with any scheme to trap tho the fish and ana then lets them go to do It all over aga again n. n So far tar as the state game and fish commission is concerned tho the Juvenile court law makes It Impossible Impossible- for us to punish the tho ho boys W We e e have haye caught a good many of or them ranging from 14 to 20 O years of age and have havo brou brought ht them Into the city to stand trIal We 0 o cannot take them before a justices justice's because the they are n not mit t of ot age e. And Antl Andall Andall all the they get in tho the Juvenile court la is a reprimand and a final order not net to doit doit do doIt It again That's as far as us we have e been able to go with the matter and there seems to bo be no way out of ot It We Ve are having f more trouble with the boys than with the men in unlawful shooting but cannot stop top them Commissioner Cromar was complainIng complain- complain Ing of another case In which his lets deputies deputies deputies ties had landed Johnle Jones Iii 16 years year eara old for shooting pheasants near Murray Mur Mur- ray It wa was Illegal but th the deputy deput- had bad hada bada a hard time getting Johnnie from his mother He lie was brought Into Salt SnIt Lake Lak to the tho Juvenile court but nothing wa done with the case further than ordering orderIng order- order Ing JoG an Investigation Mr Cromar do do- o- o dares clares that most of ot the bo boys boy's who know thc they are violating the law and are aro glad of It it know they cannot bo be punished and are therefore doing all manner of things no matter ho how man many times ar arrested ar- ar rested He Ho does not blame the Juvenile court Judge but was wa complaining about the tho present arrangement and says as that when the next legislature meets ho he will have havo a u bill to present to punish th minors as 88 well as older persons for tor vl vie vie- lating the fish and game laws of ot U te state