Henderson v. State

The offense is murder; the punishment, 12 years.

Appellant and deceased lived near each other, and appellant had gotten the impression that deceased, a much younger woman, was having an affair with her (the appellant’s) husband who was several years her junior. We quote in part from appellant’s confession which was introduced without objection.

“ * * * I just couldn’t stand it and I talked to my husband about it and told him I was going to kill her, he tried to talk me out of it, but I was just so full of her I couldn’t stand it. A little while later about a half hour I guess she came back by…