Davis v. State

Appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted for the murder of his wife, Ebbie Davis; his punishment being assessed at a life term in the penitentiary; hence, this appeal.

From the facts it appears that about dark on the evening of the 6th day of December, 1909, Ebbie Davis, wife of defendant, was shot and killed in the yard of their home. The only eyewitness to the killing was the daughter of defendant and deceased, Susie Davis, a girl about 13 years of age. She testified that on the night of the killing her papa had been away from home, and the first she noticed him he was at the horse lot…