Pat told me that she was happy to hear that. Cause more than likely he would spend some time in the training school for this one.  I asked about how long he would be there.  She told me that a minimum of three months, but that it could be longer if he acted up while there.  She also told me that I would be notified when the court date was. In the meantime, he would stay in the detention center.

I signed all the paper work she needed to get his school records and medical records. And provided her with the other information that she needed. She told me no to worry about him, he had been segregated for two reasons, one the type of crime and two because of his age. Most of the boys there now were in their later teens and the size of full grown men.

When the court date came, I was to say the least that I was nervous, not ever having dealt with this type of situation.  There was a prosecution, defense, case workers and the judge and two armed deputies.

When they brought Bobby into the court room he was shackled at the ankles and handcuffs all tethered o a chain around his waist. Other than looking tired, he seemed unaffected by all this. In fact that he didn't' say a word through out the entire proceedings.

This was really different compared to adult courts.  The prosecution said a few things, the defense attorney agreed, as did the case worker.  The judge asked if I agreed with what had been said, and if I had anything to add to it. I told them that they had covered all the areas and I had nothing to add. He was sentenced to six months in the training school, which was about an hour and al half from where we lived.

After court was over, I was asked to sign papers allowing them to transport him to the training school, and was given a list of rules for the training school.

And that was it ... three weeks later he was sent to the training school to begin his sentence.