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Show RYAN HELD TO ! l MEILE; r County Attorney Asserts He I Will Press Charge Against Salt Laker In the case of the state against J. W Ryan, alias J U. Rogers, charged with a felony. Ryan s parents furnished furnish-ed the city court with a certified cer-tificate cer-tificate of the defendant's birth record from Salt Lake ihls morning, showing the he will be 16 years of age on Feb-ruary Feb-ruary 2r. of this year. Following the presentation of that evidence County Attorney Dald J, I Wilson asked that the defendant be turned over to the juvenile court. He pointed out that In cases where juveniles are charged with felonies, section 182 3 of the Compiled laws of I l'tah for 1017. has been amended effective ef-fective October ,;. 1919. so that juve-', nlles charged with felonies may be committed to tin- district court for trial. He al30 pointed out that the district court shall try such offenders and I mete out the same punishment In like 'manner as adults ire tried j Ryan Is alleged to have brought Ru- by de Waal a 17-year-old girl 10 Ogden and to hive been guilty of a felony 'charge in his relations with the girl j He was arrested with her at a lo-1 a I hotel The girl is also to be turned over tp the juvenile court authorities. County Attorney Wilson said thisj morning that he would press the! barge against R an. |