Aills v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of ten years.

The indictment is regular. A plea of guilty was entered. On the trial, evidence of Mrs. Odell Morris, wife of the deceased, was heard. The appellant was a brother of the witness. She testified in part as follows:

“Odell Morris was my husband and he is dead. He was killed by the defendant (Earl Aills) on the 7th day of December, 1928. I saw the killing. My husband was killed with a double-barrel shotgun in my brother’s hands.”

A dog belonging to the appellant had been…