Campbell v. State

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

The indictment charged this appellant, defendant below, with the offense of murder in the second degree, in that, “she unlawfully and with malice' aforethought killed John Campbell by shooting him with a shotgun, but without premeditation or deliberation,” etc. The trial below resulted in the conviction of the defendant for the offense of manslaughter in the first degree, and her punishment was fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period of five years.

The evidence discloses that the deceased named in the indictment was the husband of the defendant. That…