Marshall v. State

The defendant was indicted, tried, and convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. The deceased was her husband and was shot in the back, when there is not shown to have been any other person than defendant present. They had been married thirty-eight years, had been divorced once, and another suit for divorce by her against him some years before resulted in a decree denying the divorce. Defendant testified deceased shot himself. The state offered two dying declarations, which were received in evidence. One of them was given in evidence by the doctor.…