In Re Hunter

The application was made by the parents of said Ruby H. Hunter and Pearl M. Hunter for a writ of habeas corpus to secure their release from the custody of the probation officer of Butte ^County. The contention is that by reason of the insufficiency of the petition against them in the juvenile court in which said commitment was made, said juvenile court had no jurisdiction to commit said minors to the custody of said probation officer. Said petition, in its charging part, alleged: “That said Ruby TI. Hunter and Pearl M. Hunter are neglected and delinquent children in this, that they are both of school age and have not been attending the public schools of the said County of Butte, and that they have been keeping undesirable company with men, to-wit: two Hindu men, going about from place to place in automobiles with said Hindus, and associating with them at various and different times, and that one of said Hindus had a desire to marry one of said girls, made application to the county clerk of Butte County for a marriage license to marry her and was refused such license by the said county clerk, and that Ruby H. Hunter and Pearl M. Hunter in company with their father, John Hunter, and…