Jordan v. State

BAKER, Judge. —

The appellant was convicted of manslaughter and his punishment assessed at five years in the penitentiary.

The record discloses that the appellant was indicted for the offense of murdering his wife, Alice Jordan, by shooting her with a gun. It was the contention of the state that the homicide was murder. The appellant defended upon the ground that he had suspected his wife of being unduly intimate with one Charlie Carter; that on the night of the homicide he pretended to leave home, but returned shortly thereafter and discovered his wife and Carter engaged in an act of carnal…