In the Interest of Johnson

MOORE, Chief Justice.

This is a juvenile court proceeding in which the petition alleged Beverly Ann Johnson, age 15, was a child in need of assistance or delinquent in that she stole $110 from the Covenant House at Burlington and also there cut and slashed a sofa with a sharp instrument. By amendment it was claimed she stole a pair of shoes from a Burlington store.

A demand for trial by jury was made and denied. Upon an adjudicatory hearing without a jury, Beverly Ann was adjudged a delinquent child. Her custody was transferred to the department of social services.

Her sole contention on this…