Burgess v. State

Hawes, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. She filed a motion for new trial on the general grounds and on four special grounds which was overruled, and she appealed.

1. There was no dispute that the defendant shot the deceased. In her statement and by evidence of witnesses in her behalf, she sought to show that the deceased, who was her former husband, was advancing upon her in a threatening manner with his hand in his pocket; that she feared he might draw a knife on her; that he took hold of her coat to restrain her from leaving, and that she drew…