In Re Interest of Carson

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Appellant, Danny Carson, 14 years of age, was adjudicated a delinquent following a hearing in the circuit court of McDonough County. He was committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections, Juvenile Division.

The jurisdictional provision relating to the issue before us, Section 2 — 2 of the Juvenile Court Act, provides that a delinquent boy is one who prior to his 17th birthday, has violated, or attempted to violate, any federal or state law or municipal ordinance. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 37, sec. 702 — 2.) To bring the…