State v. Elbert

The defendant was arrested under a warrant issued at the direction of the Superior Court, upon an information by the State’s Attorney charging him with the crime of rape. The information was later amended by the addition of other counts, eight charging him with the crime of burglary, one with the crime of attempt to rape, and one, the tenth, with the crime of rape. He pleaded to the jurisdiction of the court upon the ground that at the time of the commission of the crimes alleged he was under the age of sixteen, that consequently he was within the provisions of the Juvenile Court Act, General…