Cyrus v. State

It appears from the record, that Annie Johnson, the deceased, was a married woman living apart from her husband. The accused, Tom Cyrus, had been keeping her as his mistress for two years prior to the homicide. In his statement he said, substantially, that on the night of the homicide he went home and found two men and the deceased, drinking beer, and he bade them good-night and walked out. He went off and remained away thirty or forty minutes. When he returned one of the men had gone. He stood on the sidewalk and watched the man who remained and the deceased, through the window, for about…