Pace v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

— Appellant was convicted of the offense of being an accomplice to the offense of murder with malice, and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of seventy-five years.

It is charged in the indictment that Mrs. Jermstead killed her husband, Menloe Jermstead, by the use of poison. The appellant is charged as an accomplice to the offense in that he advised, aided, and encouraged her, although not present at the time of the commission of the offense. '■ "

The testimony shows that improper relations had existed between appellant and Mrs.…