Hawkins v. State

The appellant, Boss Hawkins, was indicted, tried and convicted at the regular October 1954 term of the Circuit Court of Smith County on a charge of murder in the killing of his wife, Mrs. Jessie Hawkins, and was sentenced by the court to suffer death by electrocution. Prom that judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

Two points are argued as grounds for reversal on this appeal: (1) That the court erred in overruling the de feridant’s objections to certain testimony which it is contended was in no way related to the issue of the defendant’s guilt or innocence of the crime charged in the indictment,…