[25] There were two cases in which an arrest was made on more than one charge.
[26] Separate courts were established in Brooklyn in September, 1903; in the boroughs of Queens and Richmond in September, 1910; and in the county of the Bronx in January, 1914.
[27] Until recently the judges of Special Sessions sat in rotation in the children’s court. The disadvantages of this system, under which it was seldom possible for the judge who had first passed upon a case to follow it to its conclusion, led in 1912 to some modifications in the direction of more permanent assignments of children’s court judges. Further improvements were made in 1913. Four judges of the Court of Special Sessions were designated as children’s court judges, and they constitute a committee on children’s courts. For the greater part of the year one judge sits in the children’s court in Manhattan, another in the court of Brooklyn, and since January, 1914, a third sits on different days of the week in the courts in Queens, Richmond, and the Bronx. The fourth is chairman of the committee and sits about three months in the year in each court. This new arrangement minimizes rotation in office and permits specialization.
[28] This has been completely changed since a special judge was assigned to the court. When he is sitting, frequently one and a half hours will be given to one case alone and there is rarely a day when there are not two sessions, morning and afternoon. Sometimes the Manhattan court does not adjourn until 7 p. m.
[29] A modern court building is now in process of erection in East Twenty-second Street, between Lexington and Third Avenues.
[30] The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (Incorporated). Thirty-fifth Annual Report, Dec. 31, 1909, p. 17.
[31] “As prepared by the New York Prison Association, the bill was applicable to both children and adults, but owing to the active opposition of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, it was amended in the legislature so as to apply only to persons over sixteen years of age. It was claimed by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children that existing laws made adequate provision for the treatment of delinquent children.” Report of the Probation Commission of the State of New York, 1906, pp. 8 and 9.
[32] Commission to Inquire into the Courts of Inferior Criminal Jurisdiction in Cities of the First Class. Final Reports. New York Assembly Documents, 133rd Session, 1910, Vol. 26, No. 54.
[33] Changes made in 1913 have been discussed on p. 87.
[34] Folks, Homer: Juvenile Probation in New York. The Survey, xxiii: pp. 671-672. (Feb. 5, 1910).