Matter of Meaut

WHICHARD, Judge.

Respondents contend the juvenile court erred in denying their motions to dismiss for insufficiency of the evidence to sustain an adjudication of delinquency. We are constrained to agree.

The juvenile petitions charged respondents with violation of G.S. 14-160 which, in pertinent part, provides: “[I]f any person shall wantonly and wilfully injure the personal property of another, causing damage in an amount in excess of two hundred dollars ($200.00), he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor....” G.S. 14-160(b) (1969). Proof of four elements appears essential to sustain an…