Henderson v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the murder with malice of his wife, Pearl Farris Henderson, and awarded a penalty of fifty years in the penitentiary, from which he appeals.

It is evident from the facts that appellant and his wife lived on a ranch in Jeff Davis County. On November 14, 1943, two soldiers from the army, together with two Mexican girls, with whom they had been out on the road all night, came to the Henderson home early in the morning, and were welcomed by the Hendersons. They early began drinking beer, and during the day a trip was made to a nearby town and two quarts of…