Harrelson v. State

The appellant, Glenn Harrelson, was convicted of the murder of his wife, and the jury being unable to agree upon the punishment, he was sentenced by the court to a life term in the penitentiary, and from this judgment he appeals.

The record discloses that the appellant’s wife died as a result of a wound inflicted upon her by a bullet from a .22 rifle in the hands of the appellant. The killing took place in appellant’s home on Saturday afternoon, May 26,1951, in the presence of their child, a boy two years *889of age. According to the appellant’s testimony, he had been down on the creek with…