Commonwealth v. Bickel
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 110, Oct. T., 1921, by Evelyn Bickel, from decree of O. P. Blair Co., June T., 1921, No. 43, in the case of Commonwealth ex rel. Robert Bickel and Wilbur Butts v. Mrs. Evelyn Bickel, Mrs. Mary Butts and John Eckels. Action in nature of a writ of habeas corpus to determine the custody of Robert Bickel and Wilbur Butts. Before Baldrige, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 110, Oct. T., 1921, by Evelyn Bickel, from decree of O. P. Blair Co., June T., 1921, No. 43, in the case of Commonwealth ex rel. Robert Bickel and Wilbur Butts v. Mrs. Evelyn Bickel, Mrs. Mary Butts and John Eckels. Action in nature of a writ of habeas corpus to determine the custody of Robert Bickel and Wilbur Butts. Before Baldrige, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court entered the following decree: Now, March 29,1921, this matter came on to be heard, after hearing the testimony, arguments of counsel and giving the same consideration, it is…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
This proceeding had its inception in a petition filed by one Miss Mary G. Davis, probation officer of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Blair County, sitting as the juvenile court. In her petition she sought to have the court exercise its power as a juvenile court to take away from the respondents the custody of two partially orphaned children and have them sent to a public institution for the care of children in that county. The two children were in no wise related. The father of one of them was dead; the father of the other was supposed to be living, but he had deserted…
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