In Re Appeal No. 504, Term 1974

On 8 February 1974 the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City filed petition No. 012274 in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, Division for Juvenile Causes (Juvenile Court), averring that a male child, born 16 October 1959 (appellant) 1 was delinquent. The reason given for the averment was that on 26 December 1973, about 2:35 p.m., appellant, in the company of two other persons, “unlawfully did steal, take and carry away the goods, chattels, money and/or property of Veronica Feuka, to wit: one purse and contents, valued at $23.50.” At a hearing before a Master on 11 April 1974 appellant was…