Cottom v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

—Conviction is for murder; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of twenty years.

The defensive theories are reflected by the testimony of the appellant. She and her husband resided upon the farm of Mr. Hodge. On the day previous to the homicide, they had purchased some groceries and left them at the home of Hodge. She requested her husband to go for the groceries. He answered her in an ill-tempered manner but started in the direction of Mr. Hodge’s house, saying that he was going for the groceries and she followed him in order that she might…