Williams v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder and her punishment assessed at ten years.

Without doubt, the evidence was amply suEcient to sustain the verdict. She claimed she killed deceased in her self-defense. Her testi mony, supported by some of her witnesses, would have been sufficient, if believed, to have shown she killed deceased in self-defense. On the other hand, the testimony by the State was sufficient to show she did not kill deceased in self-defense, but killed her because of her malice aforethought against her. The jury and trial judge believed the State’s case, and did…