Greenwood v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

— Appellant was convicted of the offense of murder without malice, and her punishment was assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of five years.

The testimony adduced by the State, ■ briefly stated, shows that on the night of May 9, 1936, several negro women including the deceased, Alice Robinson, and appellant became involved in a difficulty in the town of Abilene, Texas. In the combat appellant inflicted a number of stab wounds upon the deceased with an ice pick, while some of her companions used knives and razors. The doctor, who was called to administer…