Duren v. State

Mrs. Nora Duren was tried under an indictment charging her with the murder of Ira James. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to the mercy of the court. The defendant made a motion for new trial, which was overruled, and she excepted.

From the evidence in this case it appears that James, the decedent, on the day of the homicide, at about 4 o’clock in the afternoon, went to the store of Mrs. Duren, or to a store that she was in charge of, and shortly after he entered the store a shot was heard. Several of the witnesses in the case entered the store in a very short time…