Milton v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for five years.

The appellant shot and killed Oscar Finley. The appellant is a negro woman and the deceased was a negro man. The evidence suggests that prior to the homicide they had been residing at a lumber camp at or near Groveton. Finley was a workman in the employ of the Rock Creek Lumber Company. While he was away at work, the appellant went to Camp Hoover and engaged in cooking for some hands that were working there. She went to Camp Hoover about one or two days prior to the day on which…