Cordes v. State

BEOOKS, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for the murder of her child, and upon conviction her punishment was assessed at imprisonment for life.

The facts, in substance, show that appellant and her brother, Eilert Cordes, lived upon a farm in Gonzales County, occupying alone their home. In August, 1906, Eilert secured the services of several negroes to assist in picking cotton. These negroes lived in a house twenty or thirty yards from the home while engaged in picking cotton. One negro, Johnnie Hamilton, testified that he slept in the kitchen by the cooking stove in the same house and in an…