Armelinces v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the killing with malice of his wife, Leona Armelinces, and assessed a penalty of 30 years in the penitentiary.

The facts evidence that the parties to this tragedy are negroes with many negro witnesses. It is shown by the State that the deceased woman was drinking, and upon the day of the killing seemed to have had some disagreement with appellant He made some threats relative to taking his wife’s life, and came to where she lived with her mother, making the statement that he came to kill her. He had also thus threatened her some weeks previously.…