Halbert v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

The offense is murder, and the punishment assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of five years.

The facts produced by the State show that appellant, a man sixty-four years of age, had a wife, Mrs. Lena Halbert, who lived with him in the town of Crystal City, in Zavala County, for two years prior to the killing herein complained about. Appellant was the recipient of a pension from the Federal government. We gather from the record that both he and his wife had been previously married, and had children from such former marriage, none of whom lived with them.…