Billings v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the District Court of Bexar County for the offense of murder and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for life.

The facts show that appellant on the 5th day of July, 1924, killed his wife Dollie Billings and at the same time killed her alleged paramour, Harley Hollifield. The following statement of the case is taken from the appellant’s brief and is conceded by the State to be correct:

“He discovered the two together in a front room of his house according to his testimony, in a compromising attitude, whereupon he secured an axe…