Henderson v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction for murder with a death penalty.

There is no material conflict between the state’s evidence in the case and the testimony given by appellant in his own behalf. The indictment alleged a former conviction for murder in which appellant had received a 99 years sentence. It is charged in the case now before us that he murdered Rosie Lee Henderson, his wife. The evidence amply sustains the finding of the jury and the penalty assessed by them.

Testifying in his own behalf, the defendant said that he was 40 years old; that he had been living in Houston…