Stembridge v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Appellant is under conviction for the murder of her husband, George Stembridge, her punishment being assessed at fifteen years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

On the morning of December 17, 1921 about five-thirty o’clock a young lady who was staying at the Stembridge home and a small girl appeared at the police station in Cleburne and requested one of the officers to go home with them. They did not tell him why he was wanted there, but that appellant would tell him when he reached there. Upon arriving the officer made inquiry as to why he was wanted and appellant told him she…