State ex rel. M. S.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Sullivan, J.

This appeal involves similar but unrelated conduct by four juveniles which resulted in their being charged with delinquency for having left a shelter care facility without permission.1 They were tried separately in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court (Juvenile Court). In each ease the trial judge ruled that the juvenile had *242committed an act -which if committed by an adult would constitute the crime of “escape” in violation of N. J. S. A. 2A:104—6. Each juvenile, therefore, was adjudicated a delinquent under N. J. S. A. 2A:4-44. In one…