Porter v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The conviction was for murder and the penalty assessed was death.

The appellant is a Negro who had been formerly married to the deceased. Just how long they had been divorced is not revealed by the record, but there appears to have been some negotiation between them, by correspondence regarding a second marriage.

Appellant went to the home of deceased on Sunday night, knocked on the door and was admitted upon telling the deceased who he was. They talked over the matter of remarriage, but without reaching a conclusion. She made coffee and they drank it. He then started to leave…