State v. Scholl
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeals from a judgment of the county'court of Milwaukee county: J. 0. Kaeel, Judge. The acting judge of the juvenile court of Milwaukee county placed Herman Scholl and Max Tolland, boys ten and eleven years of age respectively, in charge of the probation officer of the court as delinquents, under the provisions of the juvenile court law, and an appeal was taken by each.
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Appeals from a judgment of the county'court of Milwaukee county: J. 0. Kaeel, Judge. The acting judge of the juvenile court of Milwaukee county placed Herman Scholl and Max Tolland, boys ten and eleven years of age respectively, in charge of the probation officer of the court as delinquents, under the provisions of the juvenile court law, and an appeal was taken by each. The chief contention of the appellants is that the juvenile court law is unconstitutional because it denies a jury trial and authorizes conviction of crime without due process of law, and perhaps for other reasons. In order…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, C. J.
A democracy cannot long exist unless the great body of its voters be not merely intelligent, but moral. The children of today are the voters of tomorrow. It is the greatest concern of the State, therefore, that its children be preserved from vicious habits, for the vicious child is the father of the vicious man.
The láw before us may be said to be founded on these propositions.
Its aim is to keep something like a parental watch over children who are neglected or wayward or both, and hence are subject to vicious influences; to bring them and their parents or guardians before an experienced and…
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- In re the Appointment of a Revisor of the StatutesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1910
- Milwaukee Industrial School v. Supervisors of Milwaukee CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876
- Ludlow v. Rector, Church Wardens & Vestrymen of St. John's ChurchNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Robison v. Wayne Circuit JudgesMichigan Supreme Court · 1908
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