Joseph ex rel. Joseph v. Commonwealth ex rel. Scalf

STEWART, Judge.

The sole question presented in this appeal is whether a juvenile offender, convicted in the juvenile session of a county court, may prosecute an appeal to the circuit court.

Herman Joseph, age 13, was proceeded against as a delinquent in the Floyd county court sitting in juvenile session, found guilty of the offense charged on August 31, 1956, and committed to the Department of Welfare of the Commonwealth of Kentucky “until he is 21 years of age.” The judgment further ordered that it be suspended under certain conditions that we need not mention here.

A timely appeal was…