People v. Selph

THOMPSON (IRA F.), J.

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment sentencing him to life imprisonment upon a verdict finding him guilty of murder in the first degree and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

There is and can be no question raised concerning the commission of the homicide by him. On the morning of September 3, 1929, the appellant was seen to chase the decedent, Mrs. Georgia Greggins Bowman out of the house in which they were living together, firing at her with a revolver. She ran out towards her automobile, parked in front of the house, but fell to the ground…