Jackson v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The appellant was tried and convicted of the offense of murder without malice, and her punishment assessed at confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of five years.

On the morning of November 23, 1933, Anna Ray, at the request of the appellant, went to the home of appellant and her husband, Ed. Jackson, the deceased, to assist them in cooking some chile. While thus engaged, a verbal controversy arose between appellant and deceased in which deceased referred to the appellant as a fool, whereupon the appellant entered her home and returned with a pistol and fired one shot…