Garner v. Wood

Jenkins, Justice.

The act of 1913 (Ga. L. 1913, pp. 87, 90) as amended (Code, §§ 77-701, 77-704), establishing the Georgia Training School for Girls, and providing that the judges of the city and superior courts may in their discretion commit thereto “any girl under 18 years of age who has committed any offense against the laws of this State, not punishable by death or life imprisonment, or who habitually associates with vicious or immoral people, or who is incorrigible to such an extent that she can not be controlled by parent or guardian, there to be held until such child reaches the age of…