Rea v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of mur dering his wife by administering to her poison,' and his punishment assessed at life imprisonment in the penitentiary.

This was a case of circumstantial evidence, and the State adduced as circumstances tending to show his guilt, that appellant’s wife died at, night, and he urged the ladies present to at once prepare clothing in which to bury her; that he requested a neighbor to go to town that night to secure a coffin, etc.; that when the neighbor objected to going because it was raining, and his team had been turned out, appellant…