Johnson v. State

CALHOUN, Judge.

The offense, murder; the punishment, death.

The state’s testimony showed that the appellant and one Alberta Johnson,- who was the undivorced wife of one Ellis Johnson, had been living together in adultery for several years; that during this adulterous relationship the deceased, Perlie Mae Johnson, was born. The evidence showed that at the time of her death the deceased was an eighteen months old child. Some time prior to the homicide Alberta Johnson had left the appellant and moved to the town of Hempstead. Some time after she had left the appellant, the appellant came to the…