Williams v. Davidson

By the act of 1915, establishing juvenile courts in certain counties (Acts 1915, p. 35 et seq.), as amended by the act of 1916 (Acts 1916, pp. 58, 59), it is provided that all children under, 16 years of age who violate any penal law.or municipal ordinance, or who commit any act of offense for which they could bo prosecuted “in a method partaking of the nature of a criminal action or proceeding, except in crimes punishable by .death or life imprisonment, ” may be taken into custody and dealt with as therein directed; and also provide that if the juvenile court is satisfied the child is in…