Parker v. State

1. The preliminary evidence was sufficient to establish a prima facie foundation for admission of the testimony as to statements made by the deceased and offered by the State as dying declarations.

2. Where, on the trial of a husband for the alleged killing of his wife by shooting her with a shotgun, there was evidence of a statement by the wife to the effect that her husband had intentionally shot her without cause, and of circumstances authorizing its consideration as a dying declaration, admission of evidence of an additional statement indicating that she "wanted something done with him,"…