State v. Stortecky

On the evening of March 16, 1955, the defendant shot his wife, Julia Stortecky, in the leg and abdomen at their home on a farm in the town of Roosevelt in Taylor county. The wife died early on the following morning while on the operating table at the Victory Memorial Hospital at Stanley. Death was due to shock and loss of blood as a result of gunshot wound. Present at the time of the shooting was the nine-year-old son of the parties, Stanley Stortecky. Both father and son testified at the trial. The son was called as a witness for the state and the defendant testified in his own behalf.

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