Jackson v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

On a charge of murder, appellant was convicted of manslaughter; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of four years.

Appellant killed his wife. There had been a separation. The woman was residing at the home of her sister. She had attended a dance and returned home at about eleven o’clock at night. Responding to the appellant’s knocking, she went to the door. Appellant told her that he wanted his gun. -She replied that she would not give it to him and turned to go to her room. Appellant shot her through the window. This was the State’s…