Jetty v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas. Tried below before the Honorable Robert B. Seay. Appeal from a conviction of manslaughter; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HAWKINS, Judge.
Appellant was charged with the murder of his wife. Conviction for manslaughter followed, with punishment assessed at five years in the penitentiary.
We do not regard it as necessary to set the testimony out at length. Appellant’s marriage seems to have been one of those hurried and unfortunate unions entered into a few months before he sailed for France with the American Expeditionary Forces. During his absence and after his return his wife’s conduct was not of an exemplary character. The evidence is amply sufficient to support the verdict.
The case went to trial on January 17th.…
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