Ford v. State

Plaintiff in error was convicted of murder, in the second degree, of his wife, with a maximum prison sentence of twenty years. He appeals and challenges the sufficiency of the evidence of guilt, the proof of venue, the corpus delicti and the admission of certain testimony. The parties had been married seven or eight years and had two living children. The record is replete with evidence of Ford’s continued and constant brutal treatment of his wife and repeated threats of death or bodily harm, made to her and to others about her, this conduct and threats coming’ down to a few days before the…