State v. White

The respondent herein, a boy between the ages of 9 and 17 years, was charged with “leading an idle or vicious life,” as defined in R. S., 1944, Chap. 23, Sec. 91, on June 17, 1948, when he was 15 years old. He was adjudged guilty in the Caribou Municipal Court on June 23, 1948, and ordered committed to the State School for Boys. His appeal from that commitment, to the Superior Court, was dismissed at the November Term therein following, on motion of the State, on the ground that the right of appeal conferred by R. S., 1944, Chap. 23, Sec. 92, as in effect then and at the time of respondent’s…