Pounds v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted for the alleged murder of his wife, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of ten years.

The case is one of circumstantial evidence wholly. The theory of the State is that appellant killed his wife with a hammer; that of appellant that wounds in her head from which she died were inflicted by the kick of a jack. Around this pivotal point all the evidence in the case revolved. The counsel for appellant earnestly insist that the evidence is insufficient to support the finding of the jury, and because of this we give a more…