Bailey v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for life.

Appellant shot and killed his wife. It was undisputed that deceased was in bed at the time she was killed, and that appellant fired the shot from outside the house. The parties had had previous difficulties. Insanity was the sole defense.

Appellant’s witness, Monroe Edwards, had been convicted of a felony in the district court of Milam County on the 4th of October, 1924. The judgment of conviction was affirmed by this court on the 10th day of June, 1925, which was prior to the taking effect of…