Clark v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

The deceased secured a divorce from appellant on March 25, 1952. That night she was killed, as she lay at home in her bed, as the result of a gunshot wound. From the mattress on her bed, as well as from the bed of her daughter, were recovered bullets which were shown by a firearms expert to have been fired by a .88 special revolver having Colt characteristics. Appellant was shown to have purchased a Colt. 38 Detective Special some ten months prior to the homicide.

The state relied in main upon three witnesses to establish its case.

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