Kaufman v. Smather

The prosecutor was adjudged to be the father of a child in proceedings under the “act for the maintenance of bastards.” It is not necessary to review the facts, because they are not involved in the legal questions now raised.

The first point argued by the prosecutor for a reversal of the judgment below is that the court in which the trial was had, which prosecutor calls the “Atlantic County Juvenile Court,” did not exist.

In 1903, an act was passed entitled “An act establishing a court for the trial of juvenile offenders,” defining its duties and powers, setting forth the jurisdiction of said…