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IN RE POULIN

No. 4564.

100 N.H. 458 (1957)

IN RE PAUL POULIN.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided February 28, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sleeper & Mullavey (Mr. Mullavey orally) for the petitionee.

KENISON, C. J.

Juvenile court proceedings in this state are protective and not penal and are designed to rehabilitate minors rather than punish them for the commission of crimes. State v. Lefebvre, 91 N.H. 382; Petition of Morin, 95 N.H. 518, 520. The statute requires that juvenile delinquency proceedings be heard "in an informal manner." RSA 169:9. The court is not bound "by the technical rules of evidence...

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