Mumford v. State

Clara Mumford was convicted of the murder of her husband, Clarence Mumford, by cutting his throat with a razor, and by reason of the jury’s recommendation to mercy, she was sentenced to life imprisonment.

That she did the cutting is admitted, and it is also clearly shown that she herself was shot in the head by her husband, and also seriously bruised and beaten by him. The vital issue was as to whether the cutting or the shooting occurred first.

Clara is practically the only eye-witness who undertakes to say when the cutting was done, and her testimony, if believed, would make out a clear case…