Wilson v. State

FOSTER, Justice.

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

We have examined the record with care and find nothing in it that needs discussion, except the two matters discussed in brief of counsel for appellant. The first of them relates to the admission of a confession made by appellant. This confession is alleged to have been made to two officers in the county jail on Sunday morning next after Friday night, when the killing occurred.

Appellant’s wife was killed in their home by the discharge of a shotgun belonging…