Chevallier v. State

OPINION

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, death.

The indictment charged that the appellant "did with malice aforethought kill Castina Nelson by pouring caustic soda, commonly known as lye, in her mouth and down her throat.”

The state’s evidence shows that appellant and the deceased, Castina Nelson, though not legally married, lived together as husband and wife.

During the early morning hours of January 21,1964, the deceased came to the door of a neighbor’s house in her nightgown and with blood oozing from her mouth. The deceased, being unable to talk and having the…