Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1935, Page 7

TWO BOYS FREED BY JUDGE BENTLEY Judgment Set Aside on Al- leged Theft—Guilt Pleas Can Be Denied. (Continued Prom First Page.) been raade when the boys were be- fore the court last Friday, Judge | Bentley allowed withdrawal of these | pleas. | Following the session, Mr. Cus_ick said he was not decided what action he would take. He admitted, how- ever, that he is thinking seriously | of filing a plea to have the case re- | moved from the Juvenile Court on | the grounds that the alleged offense| is a felony and thus beyond jurisdic- | tion of the court. As a felony, he | pointed out, the offense becomes one | for grand jury consideration where the chances of indictment of the youngsters might be considered slight. The point that the alleged offense | is a felony was one of the 12 grounds cited by Cusick in his motion granted by the judge today. Terming as felonies offenses for which the sen- | tence may be more than a year and | a day, unauthorized use of vehicles as charged against the Fanning and Penn boys would be brought within the felony class by the District code. Section 62 of the code provides for maximum imprisonment of five years and or a fine of $1,000 for such thefts. May Ask Jury Trial. | As an alternative Mr. Cusick may | file a plea of not guilty with the Juvenile Court and request a jury trial for the boys. | Immediately upon announcement of the judge's decision this morning, parents of the boys made plans to re- turn them to their homes. Within a few minutes of a_ telephone conver- | sation with Col. Jones, head of the ‘Training School, Mr. Fanning left for the institution. He carried with him a release for the youngsters prepared | by the clerk of the court. With him | also were complete clothing outfits for the boys so they would not have to appear in the garb furnished each ir:mate by the school. Meanwhile, discussion of the case continued on Capitol Hill. Senator | Copeland, Democrat, of New York and | member of the Senate District Com- | mittee, yesterday defended the jurist | against criticism which he termed “unjust and unfair.” | The New York Senator admitted | that reports on the case had dis- | turbed him at first, also, but said | that he had been told by Father John O'Grady, social worker, that conclusions that injustice had been done were too hasty. Senator Cope- | land also stressed the fact that the boys would be eligible for parole after 18 months at the institution. Says Law May Be Defective. Although he believed Judge Bent- ley acted “wholly in accordance with her duty,” the Senator suggested that the Juvenile Court law itself may be defective. This point resulted later in a request by Senator King, Demo- crat, of Utah that Corporation Coun- | sel Prettyman prepare a memorandum | showing the scope of the present law. | When Senator McCarran, Demo- | crat, of Nevada, entered the discus- | sion, the exchange of views turned to | Commerce Committee that Sykes’ al- | a general discussion of the effective- Boys Returned to Parents THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO D €, 1.5, LANDSCAPING HISTORY RELATED Freed today by order of Juvenile Court Judge Fay Bentley, William F. Fanning, 15, and Arthur Thurston WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1935. Architects Told of Education Values by Prof. M. J. Wil- liams of Harvard. An {llustrated lecture by Prof. Mor- ley J. Willilams of Harvard University | on “The Educational Value of Early American Landscape Architecture” was one of the closing features last night of the sixty-sixth annual meet- ing, American Society of Landscape Architects, at the Mayflower Hotel. The three-day convention was to adjourn this afternoon following two business sessions. Albert D. Taylor of Cleveland was elected president of the society, suc- ceeding Henry V. Hubbard of Cam- bridge, Mass. Other officers chosen were Earle S. Draper of Knoxville, Tenn., an official with the Tennessee Valley Authority, vice president; Prof. Hubbard and Arthur Hadden Alex- ander of Cleveland, trustees, and Gor- don D. Cooper of Cleveland and Nor- man T. Newton of New York City, auditors. Delegates were entertained yester- day afternoon at a tea in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eliot, 2501 Foxhall road. Another entertainment | feature was an informal supper last night. trends. He referred to the current system of education as “the water- tight compartment idea,” lacking flexi- bility and the opportunity for in- dividual development. C. U. ALUMNI NAME SURACI PRESIDENT Joseph Suraci was elected president of the Washington Chapter of the Catholic University Alumni Associa- tion at a dinner at the university dining hall Monday night. He succeeds William Dietz, who was elected to the Executive Committee. Other officers elected include William Connor, vice president; William How- ell. secretary, and Bernard Locroft, re-elected treasurer. The officers, Dietz Henry Connor compose the Executive Committee. |~ Rev. Walter Plimmer, who recently joined the C. U. faculty as head of the dramatics department, was guest of honor and was chosen chaplain for the next year. GETS CUBAN POST Hal B. Cooper of the International Postal Division of the Post Office De- | partment yesterday was appointed | United States postal agent at Hanava, Cuba. He succeeds the late James | H. Knox. Cooper, who lives in Clarendon, Va., is a veteran of the postal service. 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Prettyman explained to the com- mittee his action of assuring the court yesterday that he had no objection to the granting of Attorney Cusick’s mo- | tion. In answer to a question by Senator Copeland he said he was not criticizing Judge Bentley and that he believed the law had been carried out “except possibly as to the complete- ness of the hearing.” Senator Cope- | land remarked that objection might | have been raised at the time by the | assistant corporation counsel. Juvenile Procedure Questioned. ‘The Juvenile Court discussion began when Chairmen King, without re-| ferring to any particular case, asked the corporation counsel whether trivial cases involving children are being ad- justed without establishing a court record. 1 King said he had been told the pres- ent judge abrogated a plan followed by her predecessor of settling small cases, like the breaking of windows, without a formal hearing and the establishment of a court record. 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