Bell v. State

HAWKINS, Presiding, Judge.

Appellant was charged with the murder of his wife, Fern Bell, “by striking her with his fists.” He was found guilty of murder without malice and his punishment assessed at five years in the penitentiary.

Appellant urges that the judgment should be reversed, (a) because the allegation in the indictment that he killed deceased by striking her with his fist is not sustained by the evidence; (b) that the State has failed to establish the corpus delicti, in that it has not shown that the death of deceased was caused by any criminal act or agency of appellant.

Each…