Durham v. State

Blume, Justice.

The defendant was charged with the unlawful killing of Jack Delury and convicted of murder in the second degree. On this verdict sentence was pronounced. She now brings error proceedings to review the judgment of the court below.

The defendant, a woman about 42 years of age, and a barber by trade, became acquainted with the deceased, a man about 45 years of age, at Burkburnett, Texas. She became engaged to him to be married during the summer of 1920. Many difficulties arose between them, the deceased often getting drunk, often asking the defendant for money, and often, as shown…