Williams v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted of the crime of murder committed upon his wife by shooting her with a shot gun, and the jury assessed the punishment at imprisonment for life. He has appealed from the judgment entered upon such conviction. It appears from the record that no exceptions were taken on the trial to rulings of the court and no exceptions were taken to the instructions given by the court to the jury and no instructions were requested to be given by counsel for the defendant, but upon the argument of this appeal it was contended that the judgment should be reversed.

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