Richardson v. Dunn

A petition for writ of habea corpus to obtain the release of John D. Richardson, a minor under sixteen years of age, from the custody of the State School for Boys, to which he was committed under the statutes of this state by the judge of the Municipal Court for the City of Rockland upon conviction of the crime of larceny.

The ground upon which it is claimed that the minor was unlawfully committed is that no notice of the fact of his arrest and of the time and place of his trial was given to his parents, guardian, or legal custodian under Sec. 3 of Chap. 263, P. L., 1909, now Sec. 17 of Chap.…