State v. Bockman

This is an appeal in the nature of a writ of error from proceedings had in the juvenile court of Overton county, wherein Verbal Bookman was adjudged to be a delinquent child. He made a motion for a new trial and the same being overruled, he prosecuted an appeal in the nature of a writ or error directly to this court.

The proceedings against Boekman were had under chapter 58 of the Acts of 1911, providing for juvenile courts and outlining their jurisdiction, etc. This act has heretofore been held constitutional in Childress v. State, 133 Tenn., 121, 179 S. W., 643.

A re-examination of the…