Bains v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Appellant is under conviction for the murder of his wife, Eva May Bains, his punishment being fixed at death.

The record shows no objections to the manner in which the court submitted the case to the jury, neither is complaint made of the reception or exclusion of evidence. Only one special charge was requested which the court gave. The only question for review is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the judgment. All parties were negroes.

Appellant and his wife had been separated some three weeks prior to the night of the killing. They had lived with his wife’s father and…