In Re Gomez

This proceeding was commenced before the Barre Municipal Court acting as a juvenile court under the provisions of P. L. chapter 226, sec. 5445. In a petition filed in that court it was alleged that one Casimiro Gomez, a minor under the age of sixteen years, is a delinquent child within the meaning of P. L. 5444. At the time of the hearing on the petition the minor appeared before the court with his counsel and demanded a jury trial. This demand was refused and the court proceeded to hear the case and to dispose of it in a summary manner in accordance with the provisions of P. L. 5450. Upon…