Howland v. State

Plaintiff in error was adjudged guilty of voluntary manslaughter and committed to the vocational school *49for girls for a term of five years. She appealed and has assigned as error (1) that the evidence preponderates against the verdict; (2) that she is under sixteen years of age.and not subject to the jurisdiction of the criminal court.

Witnesses for the State testify to facts which show a deliberate assault with a knife, under circumstances sufficient to sustain a charge of murder in the second degree; the accused presents facts which would authorize a verdict of voluntary manslaughter. The…