State v. Brockner

Under the provisions of Act 83 of (E.S.) 1921 (Dart's General Statutes, Section 1683) the Juvenile Courts of this state, outside of the Parishes of Orleans and Caddo, are vested with jurisdiction of the trial of all those charged in said courts as neglected children.

A neglected child, as defined in Section 6 of that Act (Dart's General Statutes, Section 1684), is "* * * any child seventeen years of age, and under, not now or hereafter inmates of a State Institution, found destitute, or dependent on the public for support, or without proper guardianship, or whose home, by reason of the…