Lara v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment fixed - at ten years confinement in the penitentiary.

The tenth bill of exceptions shows the following: The State placed upon the stand Maria Lara, to which appellant objected solely because said Maria Lara was then and there the wife of defendant Jesus Lara. The court overruled defendant’s objections and allowed the said Maria Lara to testify, among other things, as follows to wit: “I was at home the night of the homicide. Deceased left my house, and in a minute or two I heard three shots fired, and heard…