Ex parte King
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Certiorari to Saline Circuit Court; W. H. Evans. Judge; 1. The “juvenile act” is unconstitutional, and hence appellant’s conviction of delinquency by the Independence Court was void. Kirby & Castle’s Digest, § 1561, being section 2 of the juvenile act of 1911. It creates a court unknown to and not mentioned in our Constitution. Art. 7, sec. 1, Const. 1874; 7 R. C. L. 981; 102 111. 218; 81 S. W. 435; 108 Id. 563; 60 S. E. 78; 1 Pin.
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Certiorari to Saline Circuit Court; W. H. Evans. Judge; 1. The “juvenile act” is unconstitutional, and hence appellant’s conviction of delinquency by the Independence Court was void. Kirby & Castle’s Digest, § 1561, being section 2 of the juvenile act of 1911. It creates a court unknown to and not mentioned in our Constitution. Art. 7, sec. 1, Const. 1874; 7 R. C. L. 981; 102 111. 218; 81 S. W. 435; 108 Id. 563; 60 S. E. 78; 1 Pin. (Wis.) 449; 45 Ala. 103; 36 Atl. 662. 2. The county court could not have jurisdiction. 115 Ark. 130; 90 Id. 195; 95 Id. 194; 3 L. R. A. (N. S.) 564, 575; 2 R. C.…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
Miss Blanche Martin is superintendent of the Girls’ Industrial School of Arkansas. This school was established by act of the General Assembly, approved February 9, 1917. Section 14 of the act in part is as follows: “That the present land, buildings and equipment now occupied by the Boys’ Reform School is hereby converted into an institution to be known as the Girls’ Industrial School of the State of Arkansas, and the same is hereby turned over to the board of managers of the Girls’ Industrial School of the State of Arkansas, to be used by them for the care and custody of delinquent and…
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