In the Interest of Slay

This is an appeal from an order of a Youth Court hearing before the Chancery Judge of Clarke County, Mississippi, in which Mary Alice Slay, minor child of Mrs. Roxi Slay Riley, was found to be delinquent and was committed to the custody of the Columbia Training School.

A petition was filed by a Child Welfare Worker under authority of Sec. 7185-05,' Miss. Code 1942, Rec., in the Youth Court of Clarke County, in which it is averred that Mary Alice Slay was a neglected child within the meaning of the law. The record discloses that process was had upon the minor and a hearing was held before the…