Bumry v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a thirty-five year sentence in the penitentiary on a charge of murder.

The facts present a picture of a wanton and cruel killing following a Saturday night of gambling and drinking, in a small room in which the appellant and the man with whom she was living as her husband resided, in the City of Dalhart. The case was submitted to the jury with a charge on circumstantial evidence. This charge was given by the cautious trial judge, though the facts would probably sustain a conviction without such charge.

At the proper time motion was filed to quash the…