Gainer v. State

Shulman, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for the murder of his wife and convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Apparently, appellant and his wife had been having some domestic difficulties. The sum and substance of the case, as indicated by the confession of appellant, was that the deceased struck his hand while he was holding a pistol and that the weapon went off accidentally. Appellant then took his wife to the hospital where she died.

The only enumeration of error is the admission into evidence of the confession of the accused.

The sheriff first saw the appellant at the hospital. He testified…