In re Converse
Nevada Supreme Court
Original proceeding in habeas corpus by E. R. Converse after conviction on charge of contributing to juvenile delinquency.
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Original proceeding in habeas corpus by E. R. Converse after conviction on charge of contributing to juvenile delinquency. The juvenile court was without jurisdiction or authority to impose the further penalty of committing defendant to jail to serve out his fine, and since by the application and the return of the sheriff it stands admitted that petitioner has already fully served his term of imprisonment, he now is illegally deprived of his liberty by the respondent, and should be ordered released from custody. The act creating a juvenile department of the district court created a court of…
1Opinion of the Court
*95By the Court,
Coleman, J.:
1. This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus. Petitioner was convicted upon a charge of contributing to juvenile delinquency. He was sentenced to imprisonment for six months and to pay a fine of $500, and for failure to pay such fine to serve a term in the county jail equal to one day for each $2 thereof. Pursuant to such sentence, he was committed to the county jail. The section under which petitioner was prosecuted and convicted is 757 of the Revised Laws of 1912, which reads:
“Any person who shall by an act cause, encourage, or contribute to the dependency. or…
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- Irvin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1906
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