State v. Dubray

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

This appeal was taken to determine validity of sentence of a boy over sixteen years of age to the reformatory, by the district court, on a verdict of guilty of an act of delinquency committed before the boy was sixteen years old, which if committed by an adult would be a felony.

Lawrence Dubray was born on June 3, 1909. The verdict was that he was guilty of statutory rape committed on May 27, 1925. On September 28, 1925, complaint was made before a justice of the peace, and a warrant of arrest was issued. On the same day the boy was arrested,…