State v. Caldwell

McCALEB, Justice.

Appellant was indicted for tlie murder of her husband, Billy Caldwell, whom she shot fatally with a pistol at the residence of his mother, Mrs. Vera Caldwell, in West Monroe, Louisiana. After hearing the evidence, the jury brought in a verdict of manslaughter and appellant was sentenced to serve twelve years in the State Penitentiary, from which conviction and sentence she prosecuted this appeal. During the trial, appellant reserved seven bills of exceptions on which she relies for reversal. Some of these bills involve the same complaint and have been grouped in this Court by…