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PEOPLE EX REL. HOUGHLAND v. LEONARD

No. 32670.

415 Ill. 135 (1953)

112 N.E.2d 697

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Lila F. Houghland, Petitioner, v. CHARLES W. LEONARD, Superintendent of the Illinois State Training School for Boys, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 20, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ROBERT M. BELL, and BURTON H. STONE, both of Rock Island, for petitioner.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, (WILLIAM C. WINES, JOHN T. COBURN, and EDWARD M. WHITE, of counsel,) for respondent.

Writ quashed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

This original petition for habeas corpus raises broad questions concerning the validity of the provisions of the Juvenile Court Act which deal with jurisdiction over proceedings arising under that statute, as well as narrower jurisdictional questions arising from circumstances peculiar to this case.

The petition is prosecuted...

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