State v. Dabon

The appellant, a negro girl 15 years of age, was indicted for the murder of one Arthur Dabon, her father. She was convicted of manslaughter, with a recommendation for leniency, and sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary, at hard labor, for a term of not less than 10 nor more than 15 years, and to pay a fine of $100, or, in default of payment thereof, to serve 60 days additional in the parish prison.

During the course of the trial, defendant reserved a bill of exception to the admission, ■over her objection, of two alleged voluntary ■confessions, one to her uncle, James Dabon, and…