McLaughlin v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The appellant was tried and convicted of the offense of murder, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of 15 years.

The testimony adduced upon the trial, briefly stated, is as follows: The appellant and deceased at the time of the difficulty had been married about two years. It appears from the record that they did not get along very well; that he had whipped her on one or two occasions and had instituted suit for a divorce which was pending at the time of her death. On Saturday evening, October 21, 1933, the appellant and deceased went…