State v. Campbell

ODOM, Justice.

The defendant was prosecuted in the juvenile court for the parish of Caddo under an affidavit which charged that he was a person over the age of 17 years, and that he did “knowingly and wilfully encourage, aid, cause, and connive at, and produce, promote and contribute to conditions which caused a child under the age of seventeen years to do an act or acts constituting delinquency.” This charge was brought under Act No. 169 of 1918, p'. 322, which makes it a misdemeanor for any person over the age of seventeen years to contribute to the neglect or delinquency of children.

The…