Chandler v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, twenty-five years.

It was established by an undertaker that deceased had received two bullet wounds, from which she died.

The sheriff testified that, in the course of his investigation of the slaying of deceased he apprehended appellant; and then we quote from his testimony as follows:

“THE WITNESS: He told me that this gun was at his mother’s home.

“Q. What gun? A. His gun that he shot Jettie Bee Clark with.

“Q. All right— A. And we went down to the house to get the gun.”

The sheriff further testified that he recovered the gun from appellant’s…