McKee v. State

HARWOOD, Judge.

This appellant was indicted for murder in the first degree of his wife Irene. He was by a jury found guilty of murder in the- second degree, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of twenty years. His motion for a new trial being overruled appeal was duly perfected to this court.

The appellant, his wife, and five children lived in a small house near Jemison in Chilton County. The children were all boys, aged 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2 years, respectively. Mrs. McKee, the deceased, was fourteen weeks pregnant at the time of her death.

The alleged…