In Re Brodie

This is an appeal taken on behalf of David Brodie, who was by the judge of the juvenile court of Los Angeles County declared to be a ward of that court and ordered committed to the Preston School of Industry, at lone, until he should become twenty-one years of age. The minor at the time the order was made in February, 1917, was of the age of sixteen years. The complete record of the testimony heard, together with the various orders and findings of the court, are brought up under the alternative method of appeal. It appears that a petition was filed] the purpose being to have the minor declared a ward of the juvenile court, in which one or more misdemeanors were alleged to have been committed by the young man complained against. A hearing was had after notice to and in the presence of the mother, the natural guardian of the accused. The court questioned the minor, who admitted the truth of the charges made against him. His mother, with whom he resided, stated that he had always been of good habits about home and, excepting for the irregularities mentioned in the petition and which had been committed after association with certain other boys, no cause for complaint had arisen. It…