In Re Konneker

PARDEE, J

The Juvenile Court, established by the general assembly and provided for in G. C. Secs, 1639 to 1683-1, both inclusive, came into being through the exercise, by the legislative body, of its general police powers. The jurisdiction therein provided and conferred upon the court was unknown to the common law and was not embraced in either the civil or criminal codes of this state, and gives to said court powers which were not given to the courts of this state before. The methods provided in these sections are therefore known to the bench and bar as special statutory proceedings.

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