State v. Duckett

The two appellants, Curious James and Joseph Perry, together with one Clarence Duckett, were prosecuted under an information filed by the district attorney for the larceny of an automobile.-

All three of the parties charged, after arraignment and before trial, filed a plea to the jurisdiction of the court on the ground that they were each under the age of 17 years and could not be prosecuted or held criminally responsible before the district court and could only be proceeded againsf in the juvenile court.

The defendant Joseph Perry alleged that he was IS years old. Clarence Duckett alleged that…