Jones v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

This appeal is from a conviction for murder without malice; the jury assessed the punishment at two years’ imprisonment. In ground of error number five the appellant complains of the admission of hearsay statements allegedly made by the deceased which the appellant says are of such a harmful nature that a reversal of the judgment is required. We agree.

The appellant was convicted of murdering her husband, Harley Wayne Jones. The State called as a witness Mrs. Theoanne Keyes, who had operated the private school in which appellant’s daughter had been enrolled. Mrs.…