Juvenile Court of Shelby County v. State ex rel. Humphry
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court.— D. B. Pur year, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice GreeN
Harry Humphrey, a child seven years of age, was adjudged by the Juvenile court at Memphis to he delinquent within the meaning of chapter 58 of the Acts of 1911, and was held in the custody of that court. The court had not finally determined on a proper disposition of the child.
Under these circumstances Mrs. P. W. Humphrey, mother of the child, filed a petition for habeas corpus in one of the criminal courts of Shelby county, and after a hearing there, the custody of the child was awarded to her. From this judgment of the criminal court the authorities of the juvenile court appealed to the…
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