Roebuck v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was given thirty-five years in the penitentiary for murder, the deceased being her husband, by means of poisoning.

The evidence shows her alleged con-conspirator Williams administered the poison to deceased, husband of appellant, if any was administered. It excludes her presence and participation in the act. The theory of the State was that there existed a conspiracy between appellant and Williams to take the life of her husband. The evidence in this connection was not very cogent, and if her confession is omitted, the testimony would not sustain such…