Phillips v. State

Appellant was tried under the provisions of title 16, Code Cr. Proc. 1925, relating to delinquent children. She was committed to the girls’ training school for two years.

The evidence developed the fact that appellant is 16 years of age, and that she was married at the time she was tried. The question is: Is a married woman únder the age of 18 years subject to the juvenile delinquent statute?

The definition of “delinquent child” is determined by article 1983, Code Cr. Proc. 1925, which reads as follows: “The term ‘delinquent child’ shall include any boy under seventeen years of age or any girl…