Heath v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

The morning of Monday, July 7, 1947, three young men while fishing along Wagoner Creek in Bowie County, discovered the dead body of appellant’s wife in the water about six feet from the bank of the creek. Officers were notified and the body was taken from the water. Death had resulted from a blow inflicted on the mouth, or lips, with a blunt instrument of some character, causing a basilar fracture and concussion. Other bruises appeared on the body in the region of the groin and right shoulder blade. The body was partially clothed — that is, portions of the outer and under…