Hall v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

Upon an indictment charging appellant with the murder of his wife, a trial resulted in his conviction of murder in the second degree with a penalty of twenty years confinement in the penitentiary assessed.

It is unnecessary to give any detailed statement of the evidence. It was amply sufficient to show that at the time of the alleged murder appellant was about fifty-nine years of age and his wife thirty-five years of age. The deceased was appellant’s third wife; they married about one year before the killing. Several months before the killing trouble arose between the…