Hennessee v. State

The plaintiff in error, for convenience referred to as the defendant in this opinion, was by information charged with mnrder, tried and convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to serve a term of ten years in the state penitentiary.

The testimony on behalf of the state in substance is as follows: Trotter Mitchell stated:

“I live at 1111 G. street, Lawton, Okla., in the same house with the deceased and her former husband.”

Some 2 or 3 weeks before the fatal shooting the defendant had stated, in referring to Fae Hennessee, his former wife:

“I would rather kill her now. She is…