Lee v. State

BKOOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his "punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of twenty years.

Tibbie Golloway testified: That she and her husband were living in the same house with appellant and his wife. That defendant had a baby, eight or ten months old, named Mary Lee. “One day we came home for dinner from the cotton patch, and the baby was crying.” Defendant asked, “What is the matter with the baby?” Witness replied, “Well, you know that it has been sick.” He then said, “It ain’t sick, either, and I’ll be damned if I do…