Daniel McBride v. Louis Jacobs, Superintendent, National Training School for Boys

This is an appeal from a District Court order discharging a writ of habeas corpus and dismissing the petition therefor. The petition urged that appellant, a minor, had been unlawfully committed to a training school by the Juvenile Court in that he was not advised by the court of his right to counsel and was without counsel when he admitted committing an unlawful act. The record discloses that prior to the hearing appellant’s mother was notified in writing of her son’s right to counsel and that the mother subsequently signed a statement acknowledging she had been advised of appellant’s right…