State v. . Hooker

The evidence on behalf of the State tends to show that on 4 March, 1934, the defendant shot and killed Sallie Anderson under circumstances indicative of a mind fatally bent on mischief and a heart devoid of social duties. On the day of the homicide the deceased was in her apartment, in company with Bryce Mobley and others, when the defendant appeared at the door and said: “Sallie, when I am talking to you I can’t tell you a damned thing. Bryce can. Come here, I have got something to tell you.” The defendant and the deceased went into an adjoining room, “walking side by side.” Pretty soon…