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IN RE PERHAM

No. 5052.

104 N.H. 276 (1962)

IN RE ERNEST L. PERHAM.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided September 28, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Maynard, Attorney General, Elmer T. Bourque, Deputy Attorney General, and John J. Zimmerman, county attorney, for the State.

William D. Tribble for Ernest L. Perham.

LAMPRON, J.

It is well established that the purpose of statutes such as RSA ch. 169 "is not penal, but protective. It is not that the child shall be punished for breach of a law or regulation, but that he shall have a better chance to become a worthy citizen." State v. Lefebvre, 91 N.H. 382, 384. Such an act "is designed to permit the exercise of the powers of the state as `parens patriae' for the purpose...

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