Tyler v. State

Upon an indictment appellant was convicted by a jury of neglect of her minor children and encouraging their delinquency. The prosecution apparently was pursuant to § 9-2809, Burns’ 1942 Replacement, which was enacted in 1907. After describing the offense the statute provides that “on conviction in any juvenile court” the defendant shall be fined, and so forth.

At the time this statute was enacted a special juvenile court in a county containing a city of a population of 100,000 had been created by § 1 of ch. 237 of the Acts of 1903, which further provided “That in those counties that do not…