| Show i juvenile court news judge judda A mcmasters and chiet chief probation Pio bation officer 0 brown were in the park wednesday and held a session of juvenile court nearly the entire session was devoted to juveniles living in the first ward inard charged with stealing coal from the yards of the different companies in all cases the parents of the boys charged with stealing were requested to be ba present all the boys admitted taking the coal many of them admitting that their parents not only knew of their actions but instructed them to steal tile the coal all the boys were sentenced to the detention lf atme me in salt lake and the sentence suspended BUE suL during good behavior commitment papers however were placed in the hands of the juvenile officer with strict instruct instructor on from judge mcmasters to arrest the boys it if caught taking coal either from the cars or picking it up in the yards and take them to the home without further hearing the parents were given a good talking to and were told that hereafter they would be held responsible tor for the acts of their children and that it the boys are again arrested complaints will be made against parents and punishment meted out to them for contributing to the delinquency of their children cli ildron this is the proper thing to do and had officer brown had his way one mother would now be serving a jail sent sentelle enle because of the fact her boy was up tor for tile the second time tor for the same of fence and promises made by the parent that the stealing would stop as far as her children were concerned one dealer testified that binse last august over 60 tons of coal have been stolen and the matter taken as a huge joke by our peace officers there are families living in that locality that boast they never buy a pound of 0 coal and it is sure time that prose cuton should commence |
