Davis v. State

McCORD, Judge.

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted for the murder of his wife, Ebbie Davis, his punishment being assessed at a life term in the penitentiary. Hence, this appeal.

From the facts it appears that about dark on the evening of the 6th day of December, 1909, Ebbie Davis,- wife of defendant, was shot and killed in the yard of their home. The only eyewitness to the killing was the daughter of defendant and deceased, Susie Davis, a girl about thirteen years of age. She testified that on the night of the killing that her papa had been away from home and the first she noticed him…