Show juvenile judge makes report court hears 82 cases in sevier county last year an annual report recently submitted to the sevier county com by C W powell Pov vell juvenile judge of the sixth district of utah indicates that a total of 82 cases of which 55 were of a serious nature were brought before the judge I 1 in sevier county during the past year twenty seven of cases were of a less serious nature in which the judge rendered service in the school delinquent problem or in settling other offenses not treated treasea as official court cases and not recorded in the court one juvenile was placed in the state industrial school at ogden 29 were placed on probation in custody of parents or foster parents under continuing jurisdiction n of the juvenile court required to pay small fines earned by their i own down efforts to make written monthly reports to the court to attend sunday school and to be or become registered scouts the lines iines collected amounted to which was turned over to the county treasurers treasur ers office twenty juveniles were admonished and discharged from the court one juvenile was placed in the state training school at american tork fork four dependent and neglected were placed with the childrens service society of salt lake with the hope that they will eventually be placed for adoption four adults were handled for contributing to juvenile delinquency two of them were fined and the other two were committed to the county jail for from 12 to 30 days each the report which closes with an expression of appreciation for cooperation given by county officers includes also the following general information out of the 29 more serious cases arising within your county were the offenses of burglary larceny and the more serious offence offense of sex relations all of which seem to be increasing throughout the country I 1 find that some parents bare are prone to overlook these matters as just some of the common acts of life the court does not claim to possess any magic over these problems yet we are attempting to work out a satisfactory story solution to the problems confronting us and over a period of years hope to be successful to some extent at least the juvenile court is a court of correction and not a court of punishment our aim is to interest the youth to seek greater heights and to assist them to adjust themselves in society we believe that the majority of our juveniles coming before the court if given a chance and placed in proper environment and given inome some responsibilities or tasks to perform can and will become respected spec ted self supporting and self I 1 directing individuals |