Bell v. State

Plaintiff in error, Green Bell, was convicted of the murder of his wife, and his punishment assessed at imprisonment for life. He appeals from the judgment rendered on such conviction.

The information charged the defendant with having fel-oniously administered to his wife, Annie E. Bell, one-half grain, more or less, of strychnine, a deadly poison, from'the effects of which she died.

The state introduced testimony tending to prove the following facts:

The defendant, 44 years of age, resided in Atoka county, one-half mile west of Farris. On October 15, 1916, he married the deceased, whose age was…