Brown v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was prosecuted, charged with the murder of his wife, convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at imprisonment- for life.

The offense was alleged to have been committed in Brown County, but was tried in Runnels County on a change of venue.

Appellant had been married prior to his marriage to Mrs. Sallie Brown, the woman whom he is alleged to have killed, and had a number of children by his first wife. Mrs. Sallie Brown had also been married prior to her marriage to appellant, and also had children by her former husband. Appellant and his wife…