Brooks v. State

HARWOOD, Judge.

On September 4, 1944 the appellant, Mrs. Edna Brooks, shot her husband twice with a pistol. He lived for some twenty days thereafter. Appellant was indicted for murder in the first degree, found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.

According to appellant’s testimony her husband returned to their farm about 6 :30 on the morning of the shooting, having been away throughout the night. He went to the barn and there met his son, by a former marriage, Solon Brooks. She overheard Solon Brooks make threats against her…