Hodge v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

This conviction was for murder in the second degree with -an assessed penalty of five years in the penitentiary. The deceased, Jethro Murphy, lived in a state of adultery with Addie May Harris, and they occupied the same room. There is evidence going to show that there was illicit relations between appellant and Lula Hunter, a sister of Addie May Harris. Appellant visited the house of the deceased Monday night and Tuesday night previous to the homicide on Wednesday night. Addie May Harris testified for the State in substance that appellant on the night of the…