ETHRIDGE v. HILDRETH

No. 50532.

114 N.W.2d 311 (1962)

Arthur Griffin ETHRIDGE, Appellee, v. Wilbur T. HILDRETH, Sheriff, and any other person or persons having custody of Petitioner, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 3, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evan Hultman, Atty. Gen., John H. Allen, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Harry Perkins, County Atty., Polk County, for appellants.

Raymond A. Fenton, Des Moines, for appellee.


THOMPSON, Justice.

The petitioner was 17 years of age at all times material to our consideration of the questions involved in this case. On February 16, 1961, a petition was filed in the Polk County juvenile court alleging him to be a delinquent child by reason of having committed the crime of forgery. The district court judge assigned to the juvenile court set hearing on the petition for March 8 next. The petitioner was admitted to the Polk County jail on February...

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