State Ex Rel. Purdy v. Patton

This is a habeas corpus case. In April, 1939, Prank-land Purdy and Clarence Frye, aged 13¡ years and 11 years respectively, were arrested upon a warrant charging them with the crime of larceny. They were carried before the judge of the juvenile court of .Madison County and adjudged guilty and sentenced to confinement for one year, each, to the “State Training and Agricultural School for. Colored Boys at Pikesville, Tennessee.” The day following the entry of this judgment, Lula Frye, mother of the two boys, acting as next friend, filed a petition for habeas corpus before the circuit judge of…