People ex rel. Peltz v. Brewster

On May 21,1930, relator was committed as a wayward minor to the State Reformatory for Women at Bedford Hills for an indeterminate period, not to exceed three years. She was then seventeen years of age. The commitment was made by a city magistrate upon the sworn complaint of the father of relator, and upon her confession on her plea of guilty made to the magistrate. That proceeding was brought under section 913-b of the Code of Criminal Procedure which provides for a commitment in such cases *162“ where the charge is estabhshed upon competent evidence upon a hearing.”

The allegations in the…