Louisiana, Supreme Court, New Orleans : State v Kitty, December 1857 [printed].

The plaintiff, Kitty, appealed against a conviction of murdering her master by administering poison. She was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labour. Judgment was affirmed with Justice Alexander McKenzie Buchanan concurring and Justice James L Cole and Chief Justice Edwin T Merrick dissenting.

Bibliographic Details

Corporate Author:	Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) (digitiser.)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Slavery, abolition & social justice.
Subjects:	Court records Law Trials (Murder) Enslaved women
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