Williams v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Erath. Tried below before Hon. J. S. Straughan. Appeal from a conviction for murder in the second degree; penalty, twenty years imprisonment in the penitentiary. This is a companion case to Williams v. State, ante, p. 497, and the main facts will be found reported in that case.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and her punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of twenty years; hence this appeal.
This is a companion case to cause Ho. 1656 (Williams v. State, ante, p. 497), and the statement of facts is substantially the same in both cases. In the former case, however, Harry Williams was a witness, while in this case he did not testify, but his wife, Annie S. Williams, was a witness in her own behalf. She testified in this case in effect: That she and her husband were informed of the article in the Erath…
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