In Re Williams

The petitioner seeks release from the state home for girls where she is confined on a commitment issued out of the juvenile and domestic relations court of Bergen county. If that court had jurisdiction, then her confinement is lawful and she must be remanded, otherwise she must be discharged. The decision turns on her age and on the provisions of the statute creating the court.

The statute is "An act to establish juvenile and domestic relations courts, defining their jurisdiction, powers and duties, and regulating procedure therein (Revision of 1929)." P.L. 1929p. 274; Cum. Supp. Comp. Stat.…