Williams v. State

The exception in this case is to a judgment overruling a motion for new trial, which complains of the 'verdict finding the defendant guilty and recommending the mercy of the court. The evidence shows that the deceased person was his wife, who was in a feeble condition and walked with a stick; that immediately preceding the homicide, while the defendant was chastising one of his children, his wife told him “to quit,” which he did; that the wife then told him to get some meat; that when he started to town to get the meat he turned, and as he was entering the kitchen door he met his wife, who…