Langford v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for five years.

It was charged in the indictment, in substance, that appellant, with malice aforethought, killed O. 0. Tipton by shooting him with a gun.

The homicide occurred at the home of deceased on the 10th of September, 1934. The State’s testimony was, in substance, as follows: Mrs. Lucy Price kept house for deceased. Appellant frequently spent the night with deceased. She slept in the same bed with him, while Mrs. Price slept in another room. On the occasion of these visits appellant, deceased and…