Moore v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge. —

The offense is murder; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary' for eighteen years.

Appellant shot and killed Tillie Clayton with a pistol. The deceased and his wife were separated though not divorced. The deceased had been living in Abilene but came to Waco on Thursday before the homicide on Sunday night. While he and his estranged wife were sitting in an automobile at night in front of her house, the appellant came to the car, jerked her out of the car by taking hold of her wrist and then shot the deceased who was sitting at the steering wheel. After…