Manual of Juvenile Laws ...

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Juvenile Protective Assoc., 1916 - Children - 155 pages
 

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Page 7 - No person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense, unless on indictment of a grand jury, except in cases in which the punishment is by fine, or imprisonment otherwise than in the penitentiary...
Page 35 - The said bureau shall investigate and report to said department upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people, and shall especially investigate the questions of infant mortality, the birth rate, orphanage, juvenile courts, desertion, dangerous occupations, accidents and diseases of children, employment, legislation affecting children in the several States and Territories.
Page 7 - All persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses where the proof is evident, or the presumption great.
Page 32 - ... nor shall they be employed in any capacity whatever in operating or assisting to operate any passenger or freight elevator; nor shall they be employed in any capacity whatever in the manufacture of goods for immoral purposes, or any other employment that may be considered dangerous to their lives or limbs, or where their health may be injured or morals depraved...
Page 9 - ... upon his or her entering into a recognizance, with or without surety, in such sum as the court or a judge thereof in vacation, may order and approve.
Page 7 - In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the right to appear and defend in person and by counsel; to demand the nature and cause of the accusation; to meet the witnesses against him face to face ; to have process to compel the attendance of witnesses in his behalf, and a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county...
Page 73 - Every husband, wife, child, parent, guardian, employer or other person, who shall be injured in person or property, or means of support, by any intoxicated person, or in consequence of the intoxication, habitual or otherwise, of any person...
Page 27 - ... or as a gymnast, contortionist, rider or acrobat, in any place whatsoever ; or lor or in any obscene, indecent or immoral purpose, exhibition, or practice whatsoever; or for or in any business, exhibition...
Page 69 - ... all children under sixteen years of age, unaccompanied by one or both of their parents, at the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor or under such regulations as he may from time to time prescribe...
Page 21 - In all action for the violation of any ordinance, the first process shall be a summons ; Provided, however, that a warrant for the arrest of the offender may issue in the first instance upon the affidavit of any person that any...

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